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Eleanor Gardner and Dale Heinrich are now friends 2 years, 4 months ago
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Eleanor Gardner replied to the topic Discussion Thread for Belgrade PaleoBlitz in the forum Belgrade Quarry, North Carolina Forum 3 years, 10 months ago
3 years, 10 months ago3 years, 10 months agoNo, this forum is referring to the Martin-Marietta owned Belgrade Mine in Jones Count, North Carolina.
You can read more about the mine here: https://www.myfossil.org/featured-fossil-rare-extinct-land-mammal-from-belgrade-north-carolina/
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Jack Kallmeyer replied to the topic TX Echinoid ID? in the forum What Is It? 3 years, 11 months ago
3 years, 11 months ago3 years, 11 months ago@theodore-gray Frankly, they all look alike to me. However, I suggest you obtain a copy of Collector’s Guide to Texas Cretaceous Echinoids by William W Morgan, Schiffer publishing, 2016. He’s got all of them covered.
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Jack Kallmeyer replied to the topic Trilobite Prep in the forum Fossil Prep Tips & Tricks Forum 4 years, 2 months ago
4 years, 2 months ago4 years, 2 months ago@samantha-ocon , @sadie-mills I have an answer for you. I got the following information from one of the prep lab people who actually use these tools:
The normal tool we use is Chicago Pneumatic scribe which comes in any number of sizes depending on what you want to use it for. Paleo Tools has a wide selection of the Chicago and also se…[Read more]
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Jack Kallmeyer replied to the topic Trilobite Prep in the forum Fossil Prep Tips & Tricks Forum 4 years, 2 months ago
4 years, 2 months ago4 years, 2 months ago@samantha-ocon I could check to see what they use in the Cincinnati Museum prep labs. Maybe that will help. I am laid up with a foot injury so I’ll have to get one of my friends to check.
Jack
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Jack Kallmeyer replied to the topic Trilobite Prep in the forum Fossil Prep Tips & Tricks Forum 4 years, 2 months ago
4 years, 2 months ago4 years, 2 months ago@samantha-ocon I am sorry I can’t offer any help along those lines. I don’t use this type of equipment as it isn’t generally needed for most fossils around here. “hard core” people who do lots of this type of work are the ones who use these. If you do get one of these remember that you still need a strong suction device pulling away the mat…[Read more]
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Don’t ignore his advice on the dust. Safety glasses as well. Cheap air scribes are available, but the metal used in the tip may not have the best metallurgy.
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@david-coxiii, @samantha-ocon I know of a mineral collector who did some lapidary work and had used a wet diamond saw. He breathed the water spray that comes off the saw over many years. This spray contains fine rock dust. He now has a serious lung disease.
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Jack Kallmeyer replied to the topic Trilobite Prep in the forum Fossil Prep Tips & Tricks Forum 4 years, 7 months ago
4 years, 7 months ago4 years, 7 months ago@sadie-mills@carl-lewis A lot depends on the preservation material for the trilobite. Most will be calcitic and will be adversely affected by any chemical cleaner that will dissolve limestone. To remove loose or soft shale or mud a toothbrush with water and an optional mild detergent will help. If the limestone matrix is covering part of t…[Read more]
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Eleanor Gardner joined the group University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology 4 years, 7 months ago
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Jack Kallmeyer joined the group University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology 4 years, 7 months ago
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Jack Kallmeyer posted a new specimen. 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoJack Kallmeyer has contributed specimen mFeM 58692 to myFOSSIL!
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Jack Kallmeyer and Bill Heimbrock are now friends 4 years, 8 months ago
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Eleanor Gardner and Bill Heimbrock are now friends 4 years, 8 months ago
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Jack Kallmeyer replied to the topic FOSSIL Newsletter in the forum FOSSIL Sustainability 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months ago@jbauer@bheimbrock I could put a plea in the next DD bulletin but it won’t come out until mid-September. My only other option is a mass email to DD members ahead of that.
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Jack Kallmeyer replied to the topic FOSSIL Newsletter in the forum FOSSIL Sustainability 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months ago@bheimbrock Hey Bill! Don’t be trying to replace me as Dry Dredgers bulletin editor. I like doing that 🙂
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Jack Kallmeyer replied to the topic FOSSIL Newsletter in the forum FOSSIL Sustainability 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months ago@jbauer @bheimbrock Bill is the only Dredger I know who has the talent to do this. I don’t know about his availability though. Maybe Bill can suggest others.
Jack
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Eleanor Gardner posted an update in the group Education and Outreach 4 years, 9 months ago
4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months agoAnd, last but not least, here is a local news article that got published just before we officially “opened” the Pop-Up Paleo mobile museum in Salina on July 12: https://www.ksal.com/rock-chalk-fossils/?fbclid=IwAR2eRH7KDUO7XLGkJEeTbeb5H3H_laZP3vMKLaMMqrpWK2KMdHIeIowTIDA
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Eleanor Gardner posted an update in the group Education and Outreach 4 years, 9 months ago
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Eleanor Gardner posted an update in the group Education and Outreach 4 years, 9 months ago
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Eleanor Gardner posted an update in the group Education and Outreach 4 years, 9 months ago
4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months agoThe KU Natural History Museum took our Pop-Up Paleo mobile museum across western Kansas last week, making stops in the towns of Salina, Great Bend, and Garden City. Our goal was to engage underserved audiences outside of our eastern KS base. Despite the intense heat (one of the student employees nearly passed out from heat exhaustion in S…[Read more]
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Eleanor Gardner posted an update in the group Meetings and Conferences 4 years, 9 months ago
4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months agoI personally thought that NAPC 2019 was a fantastic conference. I was so busy having fun and learning new things that I almost forgot that my 8-year wedding anniversary fell right in the middle of the conference on June 25th – haha! The conference accommodations weren’t swanky, but it was kind of fun to stay in a college dorm once again… and…[Read more]
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