Split fossil prep

[kolleamm]

I believe I may have found an anchura, which is a Cretaceous gastropod. I've only found 3 before. Now for my fourth it seems luck would have it that the fossil has split down the middle. How can I prep this fossil? This is something I really don't want to mess up. 

 

Thanks in advance! 

 

[Miocene_Mason]

@Ptychodus04 should be able to help

[kolleamm]

Any help would be great, even if someone could prep it for me I wouldn't mind.

 

Looking closer the fossil might have a vertical orientation, so we might be looking at it's top view.

[Ptychodus04]

32 minutes ago, kolleamm said:

Any help would be great, even if someone could prep it for me I wouldn't mind.

 

Looking closer the fossil might have a vertical orientation, so we might be looking at it's top view.

 

That's going to be quite a prep. If I were doing it, I would approach it thusly:

 

1 Trim excessive rock from specimen with diamond saw.

 

2 Mark the edges of the specimen on the matrix.

 

3 Glue and clamp pieces together.

 

4 Scribe the matrix off the gastropod.

 

I would be happy to prep it for you if you so desire. Send me a PM if you're interested and we can work out the details.

[RJB]

That @Ptychodus04, Kris is quite the nice guy.  I myself am beginning to like him.     But there is one thing missing on his assessment of going about prepping this thing.  He forgot #5.   #5 is mixing that nice cool wiskey drink after its done.   Ha!!!  

 

RB

[Ludwigia]

1 hour ago, RJB said:

That @Ptychodus04, Kris is quite the nice guy.  I myself am beginning to like him.     But there is one thing missing on his assessment of going about prepping this thing.  He forgot #5.   #5 is mixing that nice cool wiskey drink after its done.   Ha!!!  

 

RB

You're quite a funny guy too, Ron.

But seriously kolleamm, if you can't manage the work yourself, then get Ptychodus04 to do it. Satisfaction guaranteed.

[Ptychodus04]

@RJB I always forget that part!!! 

 

This is should be fun. I haven't had the opportunity to prep an Anchura in around 10 years.

[RJB]

Hey @Ptychodus04, make that 59 years for me.  Or call it 'never'.  

 

RB