Posted by WBDA on March 28, 2002 at 08:07:24:
In Reply to: Please e-mail me back posted by Kayla on March 27, 2002 at 15:44:36:
Bentley did not use a resin, he carefully placed the crystals on a glass microscope slide and photographed it before it melted.
Later snowflake researcher used resins and other materials to preserve flakes for later viewing.
Here is a link for more info.
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/preserve/preserve.htm