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Beginner's first prep experience; a small Brachipod preparation!
Jaybot posted a topic in Fossil Preparation
Hello y'all, I recently got my Dremel 290, and I haven't actually prepped anything with it yet, as I have just played around with it on a scrap fossil to get a feel for it. I decided to start my first actual prep, and I figured I'd bring y'all along with me as I thought it might help others just starting out by learning from my mistakes (hopefully not too many). Well, here goes. This is a small brachipod I found, and is not very impressive, so I'm not afraid of ruining it. Then again, if this turns out the way I hope, it will be a very attractive desk display piece. Found in Kansas City area, in a roadcut that has the best mineralization I've seen yet here. Some of the shells will be black, and I have found a few that have nice blues and reds. This one is mainly grey. Before leaving town this past week, I was able to get about 30 min in. Started with leveling the matrix around the fossil a bit, then started work on removing matrix from this fossil. Hurts to scribe right through these spines, maybe someday I'll learn how to air abrasion, and be able to save the spines similarly to those spectacular trilobites we've all seen. Leveling the matrix: And getting to work on the shell: Hopefully y'all enjoyed this. I will be posting here as progress is made. Won't be able to work on it until next Monday, see y'all then! Have a great weekend.
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Not sure how to clean it up
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Recently for Christmas, I received the marvelous gift of a bunch on different unprepared fossils from an unknown location in Nebraska (Purchased of the auction site). The first piece I started was a smallish jaw from an oreodont that I think turned out ok. I still plan to clean up the teeth a bit, but I'm not sure what to do next, as this is the first time I've prepared anything other than Green River fish. I'm considering removing it from the matrix entirely, but I'm concerned about the stability of the fossil, as the matrix is quite crumbly and the back has been consolidated by whoever found it, along with aesthetics. Any advice as to what to do next would be appreciated (Or if anyone knows what it is more than an Oreodont)! Thanks! Dimensions of the jaw are 14cm by 6cm, or about 2.3in by 5.5in. Unprepared After a few hours of using hand tools and my Dremel Current state: Front Back
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I'm totally new at this, so I'm not experienced on how to uncover more of the fossil from the rock matrix I found it in. If I wanted to see if there was actually a nautiloid (orthoceras) in this rock (see photos), how would I go about digging more of it out to uncover it? What tools do I use? Any suggestions or recommendations? Thanks in advance.
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Hi Guys ! I have this Titanosaur indet. tooth (Sauropod tooth) from Kem Kem basin for quite sometime now. As you can clearly see this tooth is composited with glue and sand in the lower part but have a nice tooth crown with feeding wear at the tip. I want to try to remove the composited part because that irritate me every time i look at it ! So i need some advice on prepping this tooth... what is the step i should do or the best way to prep this tooth. I only have a simple tools like surgical blade and dental pick . tbh with Y'all i am completely new to prep work ! ... arr...Newbie question : Should I put the composited part in water to make it soft ? Thanks in advance ! Guns
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Hey all, so I found this ammonite while on Monmouth Beach, Dorset. It looks rusted, and I've read that they can disintegrate over time but I haven't found a clear guide on what to do to; a) polish and clean the fossil and b) stop it from deteriorating If anyone has any advice that would be amazing! Thanks
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I'm looking to clean 2 whale verts i found long ago. I am experienced with prepping mammoth and rhino teeth but not whale. Can anybody help me?
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Hello all! I went on a trip and have a large amount of crinoids. Is there a way to clean and prepare them for display? I have looked all across the internet to try to clean them, but my research has shown no results.Thanks !
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I'm ready to take the next step in preparation and start using a microscope. What is your method for using it for prepping? Do you use it outside the sandblasting cabinet, and set it up so it looks through the cabinet's glass? Or no cabinet? If that is the case, how do you protect the microscope optics from the abrasive? Also, any recommendations for a starter microscope? $300 or less... Thanks!
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I'd very much like to buy some unprepared ammonites and prepare them myself. Does anyone know who I could talk to about this?
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I was just sent a bunch of fossil lobsters, Thalassina anomala (mud lobster) from Queensland where a mate finds them walking the inland mudflats. I'm wondering if they are worth prepping and how long this would take? I havnt got an air scribe but am in the process of getting one. My mammal fossils don't require one. I'm thinking that these would be great to start with when I get one. I know many of you are concretion experts but these are my first and look brutal to work with. Any advice? Also, does anyone have a prepped fossil lobster? I'd love to see one.
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I have dug a number of bivalves and gastropods out of a very friable, crumbly matrix. Anyone have any experience how I can preserve some of the matrix and also make the specimens look good?
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I am hoping for some suggestions on a trilobite that I found yesterday. As can be seen in the pictures I have a trilobite that is at the bottom of the rock layer so that it is ventrally exposed. I would like to do a dorsal prep but if I do then there will only be a trilobite without matrix unless I leave some matrix attached to on of the lateral sides or the cephalon. I toyed with the idea of glueing it to original matrix from where I found it but I'm not sure it would look good. Because this is a Vermont trilobite I believe that it is worth the effort because there aren't many whole Vermont trilobites out there. Any ideas? Because of the file size I have to do a second addition for the second photo.
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