Recent messages on this list, and my own turn of mind lately, have made me wonder what *would* happen to my fossil collection after I pass. So I'm asking for...
I would suggest a small institution as the large ones usually have more
fossils than they need (and have stuff that has never been examined after
receipt -...
I would suggest a donation each year of the material that might not be used or studied by the collector. During my summer travels I donate my excess fossils...
This is probably a long shot, but I thought someone on these lists might know about this. I have a Yashima "Dissecting" Microscope, c. late 1940s/early 1950s...
Hi, I have just started a new group that is dedicated to scientific articles aboot paleornithology. Please check the group and use the related documents. New...
We are receiveing a new lot of European specimens, and among them is a very nice coelecanth. Coccoderma nudum 12cm long Fantastic specimen No repair or...
Hello All I'm having to leave this group. Because of only getting 20 to 25 hours a week at my job I'm having to lose all my extra bills so I'm having to cancel...
While down near the Gila Wilderness in southwest New Mexico, I was examining an outcrop. It contained both molds and casts of what I assume are "critters"....
Hello Pang It could be a Baculite or Straight Nautilus species. Do you have a picture of the critter? Tim ... *smile* ... the ... intact ... or ... circle; ......
Dear Folks (and forgive the usual duplications): I know there are at least a few microfossil aficionados on this list, so I thought I'd pass along this...
Would anyone on the list be willing to share with me his/her technique for using kerosene to disaggregate fossil-bearing shales? I've just come back from a...
I have heard of using kerosene to prep fossil crab concretions. I would also be interested in an experienced opinion here. Thanks, John Santa, ID ... From:...
... technique for ... I got this method from Barry Sutton, who received it from a fellow paleontologist (whose name I do not know -- if I had it, I would ...
Hi, Quite a few new specimens have been acquired in the past few weeks, including two very interesting and very uncommon crinoid specimens. The crinoids are,...
Thanks Rik! To the instructions from Kesling and Chilman, I would only add a "that's right" regarding using long, slow soaks. My success with the mineral ...
... I totally agree with that regardless of the medium used. Even with the detergents (Quaterinary-O etc), give it time, don't rush it. Like Sir Humphrey said...
Greetings Fellow Rockhounds, I recently received an email from Beverly Billingsley of Nevada regarding the potential deleterious effect and consequences to...
Any camera with a Macro function should work fine. I use a Canon G2 digital 4MP camera for macro shots. I haven't done any fossils yet but hope to soon. ... ...
Hi I just received a couple of VERY nice Lebanese Cretaceous pycnodonts. Both of these are GREAT fish. If you are interested in seeing photos, please let me...
Hello Michael, thank you for your offer and I'm sure it would make me very happy to have such wonderful fossil fish, however I can't afford those specimens at...
You stated that some of your fossils were from Texas. May I ask what areas of Texas and favorite hunting grounds. I moved to Texas in January 2003 and would...
If you don't have any family members who would keep the 'collection' as a whole then find local college or even high schools that would be interested in...
... If you don't mind me chiming in on this one (BTW - Hi Heidi!) I have collected in numerous places in TX. Since it's a big place, where are you located? I...
... Texas ... have ... are ... I am in Plano just North of Dallas, TX. I hope to get to Brownsville before the end of the summer. My wife has a acquaintance...
I was going to will my collection to one or several science institutes. Then two changed hands, fired their paleontologists stopped all fossil research and no...
Bureaucratic red tape! I would be happy to assist if I can. I am not very knowledgeable on the subject yet but I am learning. I have collected some fossils...
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