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To start 2019 with a bang we bought 5 new glass display cabinets at a certain Swedish furniture shop.

I spend the last day of 2018 to build the 5 cabinets so I could give some of my best specimens the display they deserve.

 

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after a few hours work and selection of the fossils this is how it turned out : most of those fossils are self collected in Belgium ,France and England.

With lots of ammonites in the left cabinet fron Northern France an the two cabinets on the right with my Devonian cephalopods from Belgium.

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As for now I'm attending to my good intentions for 2019 : Labeling al the fossils in the cabinets :D

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I'll beposting details of every shelf in the days to come :D

Here is a previeuw of the first cabinet and the 1st shelf: all the specimens from the same location: Cap-Blanc-Nez in France, mostly Cenomanian Ammonites

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Shelf 1:

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Great looking displays, Kevin! :wub: 

Thanks for showing us - I always enjoy seeing how others display their fossils. :) 

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Nice displays and nice fossils!! Love that Turrilites heteromorph :) 

You're right, excellent way to kick off the new year!

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Look at all that open space in the room!  :drool:  :envy:

If I wanted more cabinets in my place, I would have to remove my bed and sleep outside in the car!

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I have a few of those myself and love them, my wife also found some cheap battery powered press to turn on lights for them as well:)

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Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!

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Happy New Year, Kevin! 

Those cabinets are great. :)

And the fossils too, of course. 

Look forward to seeing the posts of each and every one! 

Life's Good!

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That's a great way to display your awesome fossils :dinothumb: Congrats!!

By the way: I have exactly the same cabinet from the same Swedish furniture shop :ninja::D 

Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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21 hours ago, Bobby Rico said:

Nice displays . You have some nice ammonites. :)

Thanx :) 

 

21 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

Great looking displays, Kevin! :wub: 

Thanks for showing us - I always enjoy seeing how others display their fossils. :) 

Thanks Tim

 

21 hours ago, caldigger said:

Look at all that open space in the room!  :drool:  :envy:

If I wanted more cabinets in my place, I would have to remove my bed and sleep outside in the car!

It has been a while that we reserved the hallway for a few cabinets. but stil we dont have enough of them to put everything in it..

 

20 hours ago, jcbshark said:

I have a few of those myself and love them, my wife also found some cheap battery powered press to turn on lights for them as well:)

I'll hve to find a few of those lights :)

 

16 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Happy New Year, Kevin! 

Those cabinets are great. :)

And the fossils too, of course. 

Look forward to seeing the posts of each and every one! 

Thanx Adam, the next one is coming up ;)

 

12 hours ago, belemniten said:

That's a great way to display your awesome fossils :dinothumb: Congrats!!

By the way: I have exactly the same cabinet from the same Swedish furniture shop :ninja::D 

Thx Sebastian :)

 

11 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

Looks good! I'll bet you're a happy man. Also it's good to see that you still have room for more cabinets ;)

Thx :) I'm pleased they finally got a decent display spot :)

 

 

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Shelf 2: Cenomanian from Cap Blanc Nez ( France )

A few Mantelliceras, Acanthoceras, a Turrilites,  rastellums , a small Cymatoceras and a Protosphyraena tooth.

the best piece is a lesser preserved Mantelliceras, but it has a complete shark teeth in the shell :)

There's also 2 Albian ammonites from the same location, but the gault clay at this location is now completely coverd with sand.

 

 

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Shelf 3: 

More Cenomanian ammonites ( Mantelliceras sp. and Schloenbachia varians )

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Shelf 4:

A few rarer pieces: 

A Forbeciceras sp. , Cymatoceras ( Nautiloid), Turrilites sp. and 2 Mantelliceras sp.

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Cabinet 2 shelf 1 and 2:

 

Maastrichtian of Belgium:

The big echinoids: Hemipneustes striatoradiatus

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Other cretaceous fossils:

Scaphites from the U.S, ammonits from Isle of Wight. 

lobster from IOW.

Echinoids from France and  Belgium.

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next 2 shelves up are Jurassic ammonites:

 

shelf 3: Ammonites from Normandy ( and a nautilus: Cenoceras )

 

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shelf 4:

Carrixian cephalopods: I found all of those fossils in the garden of a farmer in Burgundy ( France ) :D they came up when he dug his foundations for his veranda .

multiple Lytoceras, a Prodactylioceras davoei and a few belemnites.

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Awesome job on the display! I am thinking a similar setup when I get my own place. Thanks for sharing!

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Super collection, Kevin.

Some of those ammonites and echinoids are very special. :)

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up next is display 3:

 

with the top shelf som Oxfordian fossils from france: Ammonites, echinoids and a gastropod.

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and shelf 4:

Afew more early jurassic cephalopods:

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On 1/1/2019 at 5:32 AM, caldigger said:

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Look at all that open space in the room!  :drool:  :envy:

If I wanted more cabinets in my place, I would have to remove my bed and sleep outside in the car!

I know what you mean... I haven't seen that much floor space here since the day we moved in.

 

Nice elegant display and nice fossils, Manticocerasman!

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Those are wonderful display cabinets. We have an identical one in our dining room. Have you considered fabricating some multi-step risers to exploit the available vertical space? With some thought to scale, you could use such a system to viewing advantage; if not more specimens present, at least better visibility of all. What you have already done looks great, but you may be able to squeeze more from those utile cabinets.

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I have had good experience with the IKEA display cabinets so far. About 6 years now and they are still standing strong with very little wear and things breaking down.

 

The only things that didn't last were the little plastic pieces that wrapped around the metallic shelf frames where u put the glass on top. As I guess the plastics got worn off over time

especially in my country's climate where its all hot and humid. But even without those plastics, my shelf still looks sturdy with no issue so far.

 

Some advices I would share from first hand experience is to put the heavier specimens at the bottom shelf as I believe the glass panels and thin matallic frames aren't meant for heavy

objects. I try to limit each shelf of mine that's not at the bottom shelf to less than 5 kg. total just to be on the safe side.

 

Also, invest in some of those dust cover tapes where u can put them around the edges of the cabinet and the door. The first year I was using the cabinets without these, I had to constantly

clean up the cabinets every couple of months but after I installed these dust cover on, I hardly ever have to clean up the dust build-ups ever again. So they are worth it and saves you a lot 

of hassle. 

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6 minutes ago, AJ Plai said:

plastic pieces that wrapped around the metallic shelf frames where u put the glass on top

Next time your in IKEA if you go to customer services the have lots and lots of the components I am sure you be able to replace them. So what is in your glass dome ?

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8 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

Next time your in IKEA if you go to customer services the have lots and lots of the components I am sure you be able to replace them. So what is in your glass dome ?

 

Thx for the tips, haven't visited IKEA in a while so I will definitely ask for replacement.

 

The specimen in the glass dome is Triceratops brow horn, I used to put it in the glass dome and put it outside but it looked kinda cramped, so I switched the place with my

Keichousaurus hui slab and put that in the glass dome instead nowadays and the Triceratops horn into the cabinet to be with my other ceratopsian specimens. 

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5 minutes ago, AJ Plai said:

Triceratops horn

Thank you and that is something special indeed. :wub: I have been using bell jars the look fantastic in a fossil display.

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@AJ Plai A wonderful diversity of impressive fossil specimens, beautifully displayed.

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