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I have not posted anything for quite a while as I have been very busy doing prep for a number of dealers and a major Museum. Unfortunately without their permission I cannot post what are some spectacular pieces. I figured I deserved to do a piece for myself for a change. Started this one on the Sep. 19th and finished this afternoon. I did not really track the time but probably in the 6 to 8 hour range. Unfortunately the fellow that split the rock in Morocco was not the gentlest on the bug. The matrix was in three pieces before I glued it back together. There is no restoration or coating on this Kettneraspis (Leonaspis)at this point in time... Might do a tiny bit of restoration on the join line but have not made that decision yet. Let me know if you would do any restoration on this one. The preparation was with a COMCO MB1000 at about 20PSI using 40 micron dolomite mostly with .018 .015 and .010 nozzles. The scribes used on this one were HW-10, Pferd MST-31, CP 9361, and HW322. All preparation was done under an Olympus SZ3060 Zoom scope. As many of you know I never prep anything without a scope. The matrix was put back together with super thin cyano acrylate and was clamped for 24 hours before starting prep The bug is 24.3mm long 24.07mm wide The first two pics are as it is sitting right now (potentially completed) and the ones before are taken during the prep. The difference in matrix color is due to indoor versus outdoor pics The reddish matrix pics were taken outside. Not the greatest pics just with my phone.
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From the album: Lower Devonian Helderberg Group in Eastern NY
A partial Kettneraspis tuberculata cephalon with a partial cheek still attached.-
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From the album: Lower Devonian Helderberg Group in Eastern NY
Another Kettneraspis free cheek. This one is complete with the long spine still attached.-
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From the album: Lower Devonian Helderberg Group in Eastern NY
A partial free cheek of the trilobite Kettneraspis tuberculata-
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Is this Kettneraspis trilobites real or not ? Thanks
Wafique posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello, I’m a beginner of collecting trilobites fossils, and I have bought one recently but seems it’s a fake trilobites. Can you guys help me plz. Thanks!- 5 replies
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Hey everyone, I got to prep a few of my Oklahoma trilobites yesterday and they didn’t come out too bad. It was my first time ever and I did make some mistakes but it’s ok they are mine anyway lol. I hope I can do more prep. I have so many more I want to uncover . I messed around with a few lower quality specimens and I had a hard time figuring out the machine so I didn’t get a lot done. I did learn a lot and hopefully I’ll get to do more sometime. I’m going to attach some “transformation” photos as well.
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This is one of my favourite piece in my collection. It is a Kettneraspis in defending position that I got from an unexperienced private seller in Paris who sold it me for 1/4 of the price. Really Nice detail and shapes, unfortunately missing eye and left tip of the spine,could do with some preparation and repairing but I don't have the tools because they are quite expensive... Apart from that really happy. Hope you like the post
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This is a interesting piece with two specimens (a complete Kettneraspis aff. pigra and an unidentified one) fossilized facing ventrally with respect to one another. Two questions: 1) What period is this matrix?; 2) What species is the incomplete one? Dimensons of cranidium plus first thoraxic segments at the pictures: 1,3 x 1,9 cm Thanks in advance for your opinions. Miguel
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