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...
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...
The fossil Megalodon teeth being offered here with the listing vaguely mentioning that they have been polished with lapidary equipment, should really be saying that the teeth were broken or badly damaged when...
Wow...now wouldn't that be the guide of all guides! Problem is....there is no real correct or incorrect way to collect sharks teeth....but wait....there is some good sound advice to help you along your way....
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BEING DUPED BY SELLERS ON EBAY SELLING MODERN OCEANIC WHITE TIP FOR GREAT WHITE SHARK TEETH. THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE. THE OCEANIC WHITE TIP (CARCHARHINUS LONGIMANUS) IS CONFUSED WITH THE...
Preparing fossil fish for the amature collector I have discovered that there is a great deal of information lacking to the amature fossil fish collector as to how to prepare collected fish. We shall see if we...
It all means absolutely nothing....and by that I mean there is no such thing as a grade called, "Gem Quality, Museum Quality, Grade AAA, World Class Quality, G10" and so on. These are simply titles that each...
This applies to arrowheads and shark teeth. Good arrowheads and shark teeth have been claiming stratospheric prices lately. Of course, when that hi$ threshold is met, the crooks ge the wheels rolling to get...
Shark Jaws and the associated teeth are your best guide to identify a species. Bear in mind that there ARE shark species whose teeth are so similar that Positive Identity is almost, if not entirely...
Hi, I have had many questions about how to measure a shark tooth. Well as most of you know there are many different kinds and shapes of shark teeth. In all species though, you measure the longest length along...