Fossil Preparation at the Paleo-Lab

Welcome to the PALEO-LAB! FOSSIL PREPARATION SERVICES ... the key to museum quality fossil specimens
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Fossil preparation involves the careful removal of matrix from a fossil without damaging the specimen itself. Most specimens require some preparation to expose important features of the fossil for scientific purposes or for aesthetic reasons. Preparation may involve hardening of the specimen or re-attachment of broken parts. However, we do not believe in reconstructing missing pieces of fossils. At the Paleo-Lab, we use state of the art equipment not generally available to the collector and years of experience dealing with fossils to transform your fossils into museum quality specimens.
Click Image for Enlargement		*SPECIALIZING IN:* Crab Fossils Trilobites Echinoderms Ammonites
SERVICES INCLUDE: Professional fossil preparation of most types of specimens using state of the art equipment Preparation report included with your finished specimen Optional "Before and After" photo of your specimen (extra) RATES: $30.00 U.S./hour **********		EQUIPMENT: Swamblaster MV-1 Micro-sandblaster with quick dump Chicago Pneumatic Airscribe 8315B Air Scribe Custom Vacuum/Work Chamber Electrostylus Dremel Grinding & Cutting Tools Bausch & Lomb Stereo Zoom Microscope

Customer's Fossils ...

TRILOBITES AMMONITES OTHER FOSSILS

Click on any of the links above to view specimens prepared at the Paleo-lab.
Also see examples below.

Click on thumbnails to see Tom's discovery

I just finished cleaning a large heteromorph ammonite (Diplomoceras) collected by Tom Schiersmann. It is from the Upper Cretaceous of Vancouver Island. In the ammonite world this is a trophy comparable to finding a large trilobite like Isotelus latus!