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Hey guys I have some fossils I collected from the Coon Creek of Tennessee. The resident paleontologist, and other trip goers told me to use floor wax to seal these delicate fossils. They aren't permineralized and therefore crumble and crack very easily.

 

Is there a better alternative to floorwax? I read both yes and nos on its usage. I don't like modifying fossils if I don't have to, but I've had multiple fall apart already.

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I have occasionally used a thin solution of Butvar B-76 on mollusk shells.  That treatment increased contrast and gave the shells a damp look.  An extensive discussion of fossil preservation is to be found here:   Harry Pristis - The Fossil Forum

http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page

 

What seest thou else

In the dark backward and abysm of time?

---Shakespeare, The Tempest

 

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