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@pamk7802 brought me a slab from the Lower Cretaceous Duck Creek Formation full of brittle stars to prep recently.

 

Most of the prep was with abrasive. I did have a couple areas of thicker matrix that required some scribe work. 

 

Here's the slab before:

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and after:

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PVA consolidant applied to lock everything down as the arms are VERY fragile.

Close up pics:

 

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Really nice! Looks like a lot of intricate work.

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Wonderful work, sir!

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Great work Kris. Pam is very happy with it. A piece of this has been sent out for some SEM images to look through the matrix for pollen/nanos/etc. to help nail down the formation.

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56 minutes ago, pamk7802 said:

I love it, Kris! Great work as always! Thank you!

 

Thanks. This is one of those awesome specimens that I'm sad to send home! The curse of the preparator.

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Brittle Star arms are fragile enough in life (hence the name).  Looks like you took very good care of this project for her. 

 

 

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12 hours ago, caldigger said:

Brittle Star arms are fragile enough in life (hence the name).  Looks like you took very good care of this project for her. 

 

Yes sir, they are definitely that! This prep was abrasive under the microscope with only the smallest amount of scribe work with the Micro Jack.

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Sorry Kris...I want to pick it up this weekend! :)  I am so excited to see it in person! I will text you in a bit :)

 

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