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I have a small collection of fossils I've bought, but mostly wanting to post my own finds here. Below is the first piece I've actually extracted and cleaned, from a marine Carboniferous fossil bed on the shores of the Firth of Forth, Scotland. Quite happy with the result, especially for my first time cleaning and exposing a piece with a dremel... wondering whether there's anything else I can do to clean it up a bit more. Any tips/hints gratefully received! :-)

 

Also wondering what the odds of identifying a fossil like that are beyond 'brachiopod'?

 

 

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Looks like a productid.

Is the hinge-line visible at all? 

Life's Good!

Tortoise Friend.

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 Nice find/prep job! Especialy since it was your first time. I think I would not prep any further, but I would suggest smoothing the matrix if you can. It just makes the fossil pop out more. 

 

-Micah

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I don't think so, though that could just be my inexperienced eye....

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3 minutes ago, fossilhunter21 said:

 Nice find/prep job! Especialy since it was your first time. I think I would not prep any further, but I would suggest smoothing the matrix if you can. It just makes the fossil pop out more. 

 

-Micah

Thanks! 

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