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An Illustrated Guide to Fossil Collecting

SKU: 1031004

By: Richard L. Casanova and Ronald P. Ratkevich
240 Pages
Paperback

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Price: $9.95

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What Others Say: ��find out what a fossil is and how it is formed, learn the biology of fossils and how they are classified�with instructions on how to collect, preserve, and mount specimens� � Geotimes. �In simple�language the authors introduce the reader to the romance of fossil collecting from the earliest records to the present. A precise list of various kinds of fossil preservation is given. Then the classification of fossils is described, starting with animal invertebrates, followed by vertebrates and then the division of plants. A condensed history of life on earth puts the various fossils in the correct time frames. �The beginning collector is told how to prepare for fossil hunting field trips, where to get information, and what to take along. Actual collecting techniques are described which include specimens easily picked up as fossil shells weathered from their matrix to processes as difficult as making a plaster jacket for a crumbling fossil bone. �Attention is given to the importance of cataloging a collection with helpful hints on preparation and display. A useful list of museums with fossil exhibits is included; also fossil exhibits at state and national parks, geological survey addresses, a list of paleontological societies, and glossary� �Lapidary Journal. �Through simplicity and brevity, the authors manage to encompass six different facets of fossil collecting�rather than discard potential fossils, save them and look them up in this handy pocket guide. Who knows what you�ll find� � Treasure Magazine.

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