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new cenomanian ammonite prepps and restauration


Manticocerasman

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on the last fieldtrip from this saturday I got a new batch of ammonites to prepp:

 

the first one was realy easy to prepp, it was a small but well preserved Schloenbachia varians.

 

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next up is a Mantelliceras, I broke it in 3 pieces when extracting it from the chalk.

I let the specimen dry at home and glued the pieces back together, I then prepped the specimen.

After this step I grinded the some matrix residue left from the matrix and mixed it with a little bit of water and PVA glue, I used this mixture to fill and restaur the gaps in the ammonite.

once dry I gave the ammonite a Paraloid B72 treatment for consolidation.

I'm very pleased with the results :)

 

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Great finds and prepwork! The chalk preservation reminds me of some Texas specimens. 

 

One more question: Any belemnites known from the cliffs? 

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Wow you did an incredible job! 

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

Regards Sebastian

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Lovely prepping. 

Those have turned out marvelously. :ammonite01:

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58 minutes ago, Heteromorph said:

Great finds and prepwork! The chalk preservation reminds me of some Texas specimens. 

 

One more question: Any belemnites known from the cliffs? 

Thx :)  

 

Belemnites are extremely rare in the chalk at this location, I've never seen one of them there, but they have been found on rare occasions.

 

34 minutes ago, belemniten said:

Wow you did an incredible job! 

Thx Sebastian, there are a few more to come this week :)

 

20 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Lovely prepping. 

Those have turned out marvelously. :ammonite01:

Thank you adam :)

 

 

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1 hour ago, Manticocerasman said:

I'm very pleased with the results :)

 

You must be because it was a great job! 

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