OVERVIEW The goal of this buyer’s guide is to leave you, the consumer, less confused for reading it, not more so, by providing useful,unbiased information that will aid you in understanding ammolite. It will...
Collecting fossils can be an educational, rewarding and enjoyable hobby. As a child I was entranced by the idea that some rocks were once alive. This guide shares some of my experience collecting fossils,...
I just got took. I should have known. Fake amber is not hard to make. It can be made from heating colored plastic, using copal (not 'mature' amber) or other modern polymers. Amber that looks 'too perfect'...
Amber is a fossilized resin that has gone through a number of changes over millions of years. The oldest amber is registered to be 345 million years old, and the oldest known amber containing an inclusion...
I'm writing this for those that don't know, hopefully to prevent someone from getting burned! The idea of a fossil being faked is unbelievable to some people, but there are both sinister and legitimate reasons...
BEWARE OF FOSSILS FROM CHINA This guide is a crash course is fossil collecting from a very green novice, to other very green novices, it pertains to the authenticity of foreign fossils from China, and basic...
Greetings wood collectors. I have a new find, August 22nd. 2007. Here I will attempt to tease with a 63 pound full round, full blue blue forest specimen note ruler for scale. I had a very lucky day collecting...
There is no standard grading system for sharks teeth but there are some generaly agreed upon basics by collectors, buyers and sellers. Everything begins with size;as a general rule of thumb, the bigger the...
I have just completed my second full season as a commercial fish digger at Kemmerer, and south of Rock Springs, Wyoming. I operate the Currant Creek Quarry which is now open.I have been selling the Kemmerer...
Hello wood collectors and lapidary associates!I have answered a number of questions recently on the topic of surface bleaching our Farson-Eden Valley petrified wood. The most recent was from the Netherlands!...