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Technical Fossils for Amateurs: A Handbook for Collectors

Posted on 2010-04-14




Name:Technical Fossils for Amateurs: A Handbook for Collectors
ASIN/ISBN:0442250606
Publisher:Van Nostrand Reinhold Company 1972
Pages:341 Pages
File size:37 Mb
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company 1972
Pages: 341 Pages
ISBN: 0442250606
File Type: PDF
File Size: 37 MB
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Fossils for Amateurs: A Handbook for Collectors By Russell P; Wollin, Jay Macfall

CONTENTS

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I Treasures in the Dust 1

II The Nature of Fossils 12

The Earliest Paleontologists 12

How Fossils Are Formed 14

Miscellaneous Fossil Forms 32

III The Naming of Fossils 39

Classifying Plants and Animals 39

IV Where Fossils Occur 45

Sedimentary Rocks 46

V Time Before Time 69

Relative Time 71

Absolute Time 74

VI Where to Look for Fossils 79

Limestone Quarries 79

Shale Quarries 83

Coal Mines 86

Pits 89

Washing Plants 90

Waste Piles 91

Gravel Pits 94

Metal Mines 97

Road Cuts 99

Railroad Cuts 103

Natural Exposures 104

Other Areas 112

VII Practical Field Tripping 116

Preliminary Preparations 116

Safety Precautions in the Field 119

The Etiquette of Collecting 124

VIII Maps and How to Use Them 133

Road Maps 133

Topographic Maps 134

Geologic Maps 139

IX Preparing and Cleaning Fossils 142

Field Work 143

Cleaning at Home 148

X Special Techniques 179

Thin Sections 179

Plastic Embedment 188

Casting Fossils 192

X-Ray Examination 197

Fluorescence 199

XI Cataloging and Displaying Fossils 201

Labeling 201

Cataloging 202

Displaying 204

Photographing Fossils 209

Trading and Swapping 215

XII Microfossils 217

Conodonts 218

Ostracods 220

Foraminifera 220

Radiolarians 222

Diatoms 222

Other Microfossils 224

Collecting and Preparing Microfossils 224

XIII Fossils and their Families 231

Plants 233

Animals 246

APPENDIX 287

State Maps Showing Fossil Areas 288

Public Sources of Further Information by State 321

Dealers in Fossils 323

Recommended Books 324

INDEX 333

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