What would be the correct word? Specimen?
An ichnofossil is the fossil of activity of a living thing.
But specimen seems like it might work as long as you’re not using wet / embalmed with it.
Vitrification maybe almost works, but doesn’t seem to really work for a snowflake.
Aquastasis ? (Joking)
Apologies. After reading this I’m now wracking my brain trying to figure out what would be the correct word to apply to creating a /mold/ model / sample of a snowflake.
I believe it would just be called a casting or impression, even if it were an ancient object that had been preserved across geological ages.
Imprint, maybe?
Petrified? Like petrified dunes? Simply preserved?