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My first (documented) fossil prep with hand tools bryozoan
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I decided to document this prep so I am doing on a Bryozoan I found in Kansas. Not sure of the species, but that is part of why I am prepping it. Hope Y’all enjoy! this is what it looks like before I started. I will post an update once I get part way through.-
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Day Two ; Locality Two (or Seven if you include Day One) Prepping and Retail, Erfoud, Morocco. 20th February 2019 Erfoud town itself is famous for its beautiful fossils, its skilled fossil preppers and also for its wide variety of fakes, composites, good and bad repair jobs and utter frankenfossils. A large percentage of fossils from Morocco that are available in shops and on the internet the world over originate from here or pass through the place. Fossils are sent here for prepping from all over the south and then sent from here everywhere in the country and abroad. There are many little shops, prepping centres with huge attached shops and 'museums which are really pretty much just shops as well. Top Tip :The prices here are about ten times the price of the prices in the little shacks on the edge of town or elsewhere in Morocco, but haggling can reduce the cost significantly. Many places have 'fixed' prices, but they're actually always negotiable. This time, we went to the one my friend Anouar, who is a tour guide, takes his tourists and I was asked politely not to accuse the owners and chap who'd show us around and do the chat, of having fakes or wrong info, so i had to bite my lip. We asked if it was okay to take photos and they said yes, which I was surprised about, but I guess it was because Anouar was going to use photos for his own purposes and this would involve advertising the shop. Top Tip : You will see a lot of fixed prices in Moroccan Dirham in the pieces and shelves. Divide by ten to have a price in US dollars. Because we were with Anouar, we were told everything is 50% of the marked price, but I suspect they often do this anyway, "Special Berber prices, today only". I've heard that before. And you can still haggle to get something way under that 50% and you just know they'll still be making a good profit. I didn't buy anything. Little local stores are more my line anyway - I rarely shop in supermarkets. Here is the entrance where you can see huge plates ready for prepping and polishing, some have been cut into pieces and they glued back together it seems to me, I know this happens with the crinoid beds, so i guess it's true of the orthocerid and goniatite stuff too. Some just look cobbled together because of the circular saw marks when cutting out upper layers.With these, polishing will remove the grid lines. These sheets are from the local area and contain the goniatites and orthoconic nautiloids we were walking on earlier, but from a better quality, less eroded and distorted source. Famennian, Upper Devonian, I think. This photo shows one of the trenches they dig to reach the best quality material, similar to the ones i was walking along earlier this day : Below, somebody walking on the slabs and some maps of the the world at different times in it's past, showing continental drift. : Notice these are not the famous black orthocerid marbles that come from elsewhere. The picture of Spinosaurus is a bit misleading, as you all know, it's not found in these marbles or in the Erfoud area. In fact there is very little Kem Kem material available here these days, though there was in the past. I suspect the Kem Kem area probably has it's own facillities nowadays.
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I’m a true newbie. Though a lifetime seashell and pebble collector, I only recently discovered my affection for rocks and minerals. I found my 1st fossil in March. Though only a modest imprint of a mollusk of some sort, I was hooked and I realized that one doesn’t have to travel to far and exotic lands to discover evidence of ancient creatures. Since then, I have collected several potential trace fossils, though I will need help identifying them. Last week, I tried prepping a couple of specimens. I will certainly be looking for some feedback about 1) prepping techniques and 2) identifying which undifferentiated specimens would be good candidates to prep. I’m here to learn and engage as part of a community that finds rocks & fossils fun! I’m not expecting answers to all the questions below - just wanted to give some explanation for pics. I will post separate queries in ID section. That being said, I welcome any guidance. 21 - iron I think 22- trace fossils? 23- prepped, maybe something taking shape?? 24 - trackways or other trace? 25 - prepped a bit 26- prepped, ?potential Nautiloid fragment? (See last 2 pic with book comparison) Next 2 pics- possible trace fossils? Graptolites, etc? Sample of my ‘Emotive Collection’
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Penn Dixie never disappoints Hubby and I went last Saturday and I got loads of goodies. I find it rather interesting how all of these trilobites came from the same small area but the way they sit is so different. I would be curious to find out About the conditions that cause the "hugging" trilobites. It's hard to see because I need to be cleaned but each little group has a couple of them , mostly belly to belly. I'm trying to clean them useing an etching pen and a soft brush but pieces keep breaking off and I'm not sure how to do it without them crumbling.
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What are the best ways to prep fossils on the cheap? I'm a student so I can't use/afford equipment such as ones that use air compressors. I've heard of people using a dremel with various attachments. Some of my fossils just need cleaning and detailing while I have some others where I can only see part of it sticking out and I want to carefully expose the rest. Any suggestions?