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Looking for help with repairing/restoring ichthyosaur paddle
Notidanodon posted a topic in Fossil Preparation
Hi guys, I’ve had this broken Victorian ichthyosaur paddle in my collection for a while now and have saved up some funds to get it repaired and restored as I feel it would be worth it, has anyone got anyone they recommend to do the job, please pm me if so-
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My Collection of Victorian Geology and Palaeontology Books and Literature
Welsh Wizard posted a topic in Member Collections
I decided to start a thread on my collection of books, letters and associated paraphernalia from Victorian geologists and palaeontologists. To kick things off, here is a first edition of The Geology of the South East of England by Gideon Mantell. Published in 1833, it contains multiple plates along with a drawing of a fossil of hylaeosaurus; the third dinosaur ever to be named.- 5 replies
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A few old collection specimens of Devon coral that I've acquired over the years. In scarce supply now, the south Devonshire area around Torquay and Teignmouth was once (mainly 19th and early 20th c) the centre of an ornamental "marble" industry. Much of it went into high class interiors (floors, pillars etc.) but there was a large usage of small pieces for ornamental objects (desk furniture, trinket boxes) and also as inlay pieces for magnificent tables. Fossil specimens were also specifically sold as such. It's not a true marble but a range of well compressed, heated and mineralised limestones that has a range of colours and takes a fine polish. I haven't yet worked out detailed stratigraphy for any of these specimens but they're Middle and Upper Devonian. Apologies for the scratches on some of them - I haven't yet refinished them either. The brass scale is 1cm long. First, a couple of little tablets of Frechastraea sp. 2nd piece: And the only other rugose one so far, a Phillipsastraea sp. that has been fractured and subsequently stylolitised with pink/red veins - this is common in a lot of limestone from the area.
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Burried in 1850 to save Christian beliefs, family brings icthyosaur into the light
Scylla posted a topic in Fossil News
This icthyosaur was found in 1850 and reburried by the family. They would periodically uncover then rebury the fossil. Now it is restored and hanging on a wall. https://allthatsinteresting.com/ichthyosaurus-fossil-
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Hi all, I love this site, lots of really learned people sharing thier knowledge. Ok food for thought, I love aquiring old collections of labelled fossils. For me they have a third life. What I am describing by this is their life as an living creature, their life as a fossil, mineral/rock and their life as part of an old collection. I suppose you can call it the romanticism of collecting. So the question how can you tell this bone is from a Masterdon? I can see only a part of a river worn fossilised bone with piddocks boring holes but can't say what animal or part of that animal it is. Any thought on the identification or old collections? I will try and and add more photos but I think I need to resize them. Need to work that out. thanks for your time Bobby
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