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Hello all, I've recently started working with a professor (we'll call him professor C.), who is a geologist, at my local college. Specifically we're working with the college's fossil collection since it's been neglected for several decades now, some specimens have even been there since the 1930s. Even though its a small collection there are a lot of issues. The labeling, organization, and conservation methods used during the first half of the 20th century at the college were not very good for maintaining long term stability. As a result, most of the storage containers need repairs or have to be replaced entirely and the labels on the specimens have detached, are lost, faded, or damaged to the point where they are unreadable. Also, many of the specimens need additional cleanup/prep work done, especially the ones that have been laying out in the open. In addition, the records identifying the specimens as well as where they were found have been lost. On top of all of this, no one at the college really knows how to prep or conserve fossilized material. Its all pretty overwhelming for me and I could really use some advise on how to go about this, especially with those old labels.

Hi all, I am looking to obtain some more brachiopods for in my collection, mostly because I think that it's a fascinating group of animals. Unfortunately, I do not have many of them. Therefore I'm asking the help of you all! This is what I want: Brachiopods (spiriferid or not) from any continent (preferably not from Europe) from the Paleozoic. I don't need a lot, just a few different ones to widen my collection! Having from many different locations would be nice too. I already have the following though, and as to avoid having duplicates I am not interested in these: Platystrophia from Maysville (KY, USA) Punctopsirifer from Beckenridge (TX, USA) Terebratula perforata from Kaloot (NL) Cyrtospirifer verneuilli from Barvaux-sur-Ourthe (BE) Atrypa reticularis from Eifel (DE) Cererithyris and Kallirhynchia from Lion-sur-Mer (FR) If you have one of those species (but from another location), I'm still interested! Or if you have other species but from the same location, same goes! What I don't want is to have the same species from the same location. In return, I have a selection of different (mainly) European fossils, ranging from shark teeth to seashells (and a few brachiopods ), and many other things. I also have several fossils from closed locations! If you're looking for anything specific yourself, then you can always ask me and I'll see what I have. If you're interested and have anything to propose, please send a PM! Thanks in advance! Max PS: for international shippers, make sure that the shipping costs to the Netherlands are not too high. I'm willing to ship to anywhere, but I just want to make sure that this is both ways! (No Track & Code needed; no signing needed; no priority needed; envelope is better)