Preparation of Calamopleurus sp. / Enneles Audax

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Hi all

 

I just bought a nice Calampleurus specimen. I am a beginner regarding fossil preparation, but in my opinion, there is still a lot of potential in my new eyecatcher.

 

My questions to you specialists are now:

 

What can be done, what should be avoided, regarding further preparation? 

Should I leave it in its original condition?

 

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[jpc]

Brazilian fishes are best prepped with acid.  A practice you might want to avoid as a newbie.  Looks cool enough, I would say. 

[megadiente]

Hi JPC

thank you for your comment.

Do you have practice with acid? And could you show any results with acid preparation?

 

Think it us really better to leave it in its original condition, or give it to a specialist gor the acid treatment.

 

Would be a pitty, to destroy such a fossil.

never saw one before, think it's quite rare

[oilshale]

Here you go..

 JPC is right, this is the best method for scientific purposes. But if you are just a collector, I wouldn't do that.

Have fun

Thomas

STANDARD PREPARATION TECHNIQUE FOR FOSSIL FISH FROM THE ROMALDO MEMBER.pdf

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Here are some more pics. There is still a lot of stone on around the head.

Would acid remove this? 

 

 

 

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[michele 1937]

I recommend a slight manual preparation