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Help - How do I remove this coarse tar-like substance?
Mr.dogdad posted a topic in Fossil Preparation
Hello, I am hoping someone can help me! I have a Daspletosaurus tooth from the old man formation. It was found with a coarse, tar like substance stuck around the tooth (shown in photos) that won’t come off. I’ve tried rubbing acetone but that didn’t work. I tried picking a piece off but the enamel came with it. Are there any alternative methods I can use without risking any damage to the tooth?
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Hi, all. My family and I only got into fossil hunting in July, but we already have made a few trips to collect them since them. Most of what we've found are small impressions in larger rocks. It's nothing that would likely impress anyone here, but we like them. We would like to clean them, and I have seen a few YouTube videos showing how to use vinegar to remove dirt and some of the surrounding surrounding rock. If I put a fossilized impression in vinegar for a few hours, would it destroy it? If so, what would be the best way to clean/prepare them?
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Hi all. I want to show you this megalodon tooth from Atacama, which I bought at a local fair in Chile. The tooth is not one of the best specimens available in my country, but it was at a fairly cheap price. Although it has a lot of material from the matrix attached, and a good part of the root is missing, I was able to clean it manually as far as I could, and then I will continue with the dremel engraver. What remains of the matrix is very hard, it is like a very compressed sandstone, it is almost like cement, but I will clean it carefully. When I'm ready, I'll upload more photos. In the last two photos you can see that I cleaned it, and part of what remains of the root began to appear
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Hi guys, so I've been fossil hunting for about 2 months now, whenever I find a fossil I bring it home, soak it in water and gently scrub it with a spare toothbrush. Can anyone link me and advise me on some basic tools like chisels and picks that I can safely use to prep/clean my fossils, I often find ammonites, plant fossils, shell fossils and others. Thanks a lot for your help the web is like a maze for this stuff thought I'd just come straight here where the experts are lol, cheers.
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A friend of mine (who is not a fossil collector) found this fossils at the Outer Banks of NC. He asked me what it was (which I told him) and why it had turned from its very black color when found in the sand to brown with a white-ish residue? He put it back into salt water (which I never heard of doing) and it is fading lighter brown. I have had similar trouble with my black fossils that I thought it was salt film and I rubbed olive oil on them and it cleaned it off and made them shiny. But . . . . I don't have any fossils this big and nice and I didn't want to give him bad advice. What is happening to the color and what can be done about it? Thanks for any advice! *This is the fossil below but it is wet and the film doesn't show up unless it is dry.
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