Where to find slides for microfossils

[Misha]

Hello everyone,

I have been interested in fossil fishes from the Ordovician- Devonian for quite a while now, and recently I have begun to venture into the field of micropalaeontology a bit more.

This has led me to purchase matrix samples from the Harding sandstone and I am also interested in getting some Maple Mill stuff.

The problem is I currently only have one more vacant slide to use for these fossils, it was sent to me by @Shamalama with some other microfossils but I don't know where I could get more.

 

The slide has an aluminum case with a piece of thin foam board inside and a glass on top. The foam board has cutout with a grind going from 1 to 64.

 

I was wondering if anyone else might know where I could get some of these as I have not been successful in tracking them down myself.

Thank you,

Misha

[Al Dente]

You can do a Google search for Plummer cells or Plummer slides to find people who sell these. They usually sell in lots of 100.

[Misha]

41 minutes ago, Al Dente said:

You can do a Google search for Plummer cells or Plummer slides to find people who sell these. They usually sell in lots of 100.

Thank you for the info!

I did not know that this is what they were called, I did find some.

I will need to reach out to get the pricing info for them

[connorp]

FYI the age of the Maple Mill material has been questioned on here before. It seems likely it is Early Mississippian rather than Late Devonian.

[Misha]

5 minutes ago, connorp said:

FYI the age of the Maple Mill material has been questioned on here before. It seems likely it is Early Mississippian rather than Late Devonian.

Huh, interesting.

I will have to find something to read about this, either way still cool fossils

[connorp]

5 minutes ago, Misha said:

Huh, interesting.

I will have to find something to read about this, either way still cool fossils

To clarify, the material I assume you are referring to (from a particular auction site) likely comes from overlying Mississippian strata rather than Maples Mill, which is Devonian.