Home
https://servimg.com/view/16451963/14]
[/url][/img]
[/url][/img]+2
ermaster
druss
6 posters
One of the shark teeth i found in Aust
druss- Admin
- Posts : 24
Join date : 2011-04-01
ermaster- Silurian Rank
- Posts : 246
Join date : 2012-04-11
Age : 26
Location : Glos
how did you prepare your fossils from aust?
Knochie- Palaeogene Rank
- Posts : 53
Join date : 2012-03-08
Age : 62
Location : Bristol
Hi druss,
I've taken the liberty of enhancing your photo to try and give you an id.
It's a Hybodus minor tooth and quite "dainty". How did you manage to spot that one?.
I've taken the liberty of enhancing your photo to try and give you an id.
It's a Hybodus minor tooth and quite "dainty". How did you manage to spot that one?.
druss- Admin
- Posts : 24
Join date : 2011-04-01
Hi i just soaked some of the rock i found in vinger for about 2-3 weeks till it crumbled then i looked at it though a U.S.B microscope.
druss- Admin
- Posts : 24
Join date : 2011-04-01
HI Knochie
Thank you for the I.D this is very helpful I soaked a bit of rock in vinger, and examened the sediment with a U.S.B. microscope. And found loads of bits this is just one of them, I will post more soon.
Thank you for the I.D this is very helpful I soaked a bit of rock in vinger, and examened the sediment with a U.S.B. microscope. And found loads of bits this is just one of them, I will post more soon.
rockhopper- Palaeogene Rank
- Posts : 54
Join date : 2012-05-13
Location : Wilts
Hi Druss, here is my Hybodus Minor tooth, its 4mm long.
Kosmos- Pre-cambrian
- Posts : 508
Join date : 2012-02-17
Location : England
Great finds! Thanks for posting. 
fossilhunter- Palaeogene Rank
- Posts : 92
Join date : 2012-05-14
Location : East Yorkshire
Wow, I must try that with the vinegar. Does it damage the fossils at all? 
Knochie- Palaeogene Rank
- Posts : 53
Join date : 2012-03-08
Age : 62
Location : Bristol
fossilhunter wrote:Wow, I must try that with the vinegar. Does it damage the fossils at all?
Short answer, "No".
The fossils at Aust are phosphatic and more or less immune to a weak (max 10%) acetic acid solution.
As the bone bed is basically rocks and sand bound together with a calcite cement, acid breaks it down quite nicely enabling you to extract even delicate micro fossils.