Thanks to everyone for your replies.  I wish I had just asked, "Hey, does 
anyone know about coating fossils for photography?" and just left out the 
part about the fragile fossil I am handling.  I should have been clearer in 
my initial post that I'm pretty much done with this project and the question 
was for future reference.  best, Julia 

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