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Found this strange rock or fossil out in a creek on the land i’m currently living on in cross roads, tx. I was mostly intruiged by the cracks- though I wouldn’t be surprised nor disappointed if it was just a strange rock.
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Hello, in 2021, my kids and I were hunting fossil fragments in the rock piles arranged as landscaping alongside a store. Rock landscaping location: Arlington, Texas, USA. Of course we have no idea where the piles of rock originally come from. While hunting, we came across this spherical piece, which looks like a compressed, fossilized, cracked egg to us. Since we've found pieces of Ammonites before, it didn't seem unreasonable to find something else. Can anyone identify if it is natural mineral or fossilized egg? Thank you.
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Question for the Amber experts : Recently I was looking at some of my Amber (Burmite) with inclusions with my magnifying glass Quite a few of them have internal cracks. Is this likely to become a problem some time in the future ? Are the cracks likely to develop further ? And possibly ruin the piece ? Any way of preventing that ? Soaking in some sort of consolidant or oil ?
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I'm going to attempt to clean up and glue the stromatolite I posted about the other day (yes, its a stromatolite). This will be my first rock gluing adventure. I've read several threads here, and watched a bunch of youtube vids. None of them really focuses on the actual process of consolidating unbroken rocks that are starting to come apart with a network of baby cracks. Please help? I have paraloid pellets andsuperglue (liquid form). I assume one goes along the crack with a dropper or brush and the glue magically gets down into the crack by gravity or capillary action? Is there a way to tell if it was effective (without actually trying to torque the rock at the crack)? How about removing the visible "seam" ? For larger pieces with multiple hairline cracks do you treat them one by one or something else? Some of this rock's "domes" are also loose. I'll do those with gel superglue once the base is stabilized. I might decide to make a vertical cut and maybe polish a face. Is that even possible with a rock trying to break apart? Feel free to answer the unasked questions too, and bonus points if you know of a video that zeros in on consolidation of a weak but unbroken samples. Thanks!
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I'm looking for suggestions and recommendations on how to repair this fossil I just found. It's got 4 crabs and an insect on the matrix, but it is cracking on top in several places, and it will fall apart easy if I'm not extremely careful. What is the best way to seal these cracks? Glue? What kind? Thanks in advance for help.
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Found this on a rocky beach in Southern California and have no clue what it could be. Both sides are almost Ying yang like. Let me know if you have any clues!
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An anyone tell us if this is a fossil? And what it might be. It was found by my granddaughter. We did not have a metric ruler
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An anyone tell us if this is a fossil? And what it might be. It was found by my granddaughter. We did not have a metric ruler
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Way to Stabilize the cracks in this Chesapecten Shell?
bitterlily posted a topic in Fossil Preparation
Hello. I found this very cool Chesapecten Shell covered in Barnacles. Feels very strong. There are cracks in the underside of the shell and I was wondering if there is something clear and strong that I could apply to stabilize the fractures? Thank You!
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Hi all. I was hoping to find a pinned set of notes on when and how to use the various glues available for strengthening weak pieces, or repairing fractured ones; but there doesn't seem to be one. Can anyone point out a great thread, or chime in here on what you use and why you choose it in a given situation? Thanks.
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I was wondering what everyone uses to prevent their fossils from splitting or cracking. I know some fossils have a mixture of some kind of glue that's diluted to seep into cracks of fossils. Does anyone know how to make it?
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