Fossil hunting site in Nepal

[Mona 4]

Hi all,

 

I have an opportunity to go to Nepal and be there for 3 months, so I was wondering is there any good place for fossil hunting?

 

Thanks!

[brus 3]

hi,i think there is almost everywhere good for fossil hunting...just tough...have a nice trip..

[Anchiornis 11]

I have heard that the banks of the Gandaki River in Nepal are sacred to Hindus thanks to their large and diverse quantities of shaligrams (), which are considered to be symbols of Vishnu; the best area to find these is at the city of Muktinath. In fact, a lot of Nepal was once Cretaceous seabed; the site I mentioned was just one of the more notable sites.

 

If you are planning to hunt on the riverbanks, I would suggest taking a sifter and a rock hammer to split apart rocks.

 

Here are some articles on this:

 

https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC1YF77_kali-gandaki-trek-9-river-of-ammonites?guid=6b03dc1e-4fd0-467f-a84a-988ed6e10f1d

http://www.turnstone.ca/rom139fo.htm

http://english.fossiel.net/sites/fossil_site.php?plaats=230

http://go4rtrek2-nepal.blogspot.com/2013/05/butterfly-watching-fossil-hunting-in.html

 

Edit: Here's also a trekking plan that involves fossil collecting : http://www.nepaltrekkingplanner.com/fossil-collection-in-nepal/

 

And a FossilForum topic which contains some more info on this:

 

[Mona 4]

Thanks!