Fossil Collecting

How to Identify Trilobites

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Trilobites are fossil arthropods, relatives of spiders and horseshoe crabs. They are some of the most attractive and highly sought after fossils. There are many kinds of trilobite fossils, and most have features that they all share. Here are some ... more »

How to Make a Fossil Cast

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Making a cast of a fossil is a good way to share your fossil with other people. Often, museums will make casts of their fossils to give to other museums or to individuals who donated fossils they have found. Follow these steps to learn this ... more »

How to Date Fossil Remains

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Fossils are some of the most useful things in the geologic record for telling the ages of rocks. However, the rocks can also help to tell the ages of the fossils. But, to tell how these relate to one another is a challenging exercise. Fossils are ... more »

How to Own a Piece of History

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Learn the basics about how to buy an authentic artifact including where to go for your purchase... more »

How to Collect Fossils

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Follow the Fossil Collector's Code when collecting your treasures - get permission, use the right equipment, do it safely and leave some for others... more »

How to Create a Fossil Collectors Kit

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Fossils allow us to step back in time to study the world and its inhabitants. You can start with the basic tools and add to them as your hobby grows... more »

How to Care for Fossils

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Fossils can be shells, bones, teeth, footprints, leaves, seeds, tree parts, or any remains of long-ago plants and animals... more »

How to Dig for Fossils

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There's something exciting and romantic about a fossil dig site; maybe it's the chance of discovering something unknown. However, a real dig site involves a lot of hard work and careful planning. Read on to see what steps need to be taken to dig ... more »

How to Make a Fossil

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In the natural world, fossils that aren't actually fossils are known as concretions. These occur naturally when mineral deposits, such as siderite or limestone, infiltrate rock formations. Many amateur collectors make the mistake of believing a ... more »

How to Know how Rocks are Formed

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When looking at a rock, a person might ask "how was that rock formed?" In geology, there are three main types of rocks and rock formation - igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic - each formed in a different way through the rock cycle. ... more »

How to Tell a Fossils Age

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If fossils could talk, they could tell us exactly where they came from and how and when they ended up becoming fossilized. Unfortunately, this isn't the case. However, fossils do leave certain clues in the environment that can help determine ... more »

How to be a Rockhound

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If you like to look at and collect rocks and minerals of various types, you may be a rockhound. When rockhounding, it is useful to carry several important tools to make the activity more fun, efficient, and safe. This article will briefly ... more »

How to Collect Dinosaur Fossils

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Contrary to the antics of Fred Flintstone and company, no human ever employed a wooly mammoth as an automatic dishwasher or enjoyed a Brontosaurus Burger during a backyward barbeque. In fact, the span between the time the genus Homo and the last ... more »

How to Identify Fossils

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When most people think of fossils, bones come to mind. Yet, fossils occur in many other forms, such as teeth, horns, eggs--even casts of manure. Paleontologists use a variety of methods to identify fossils, mostly relying upon appearance and ... more »

How to Price a Fossil

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There are many variables that can determine the price of a fossil. However, it's also important to remember that no two fossils are exactly alike. This makes knowing how to price a fossil even more subjective, because there is simply no solid, ... more »

How to Sell Fossils

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Collecting fossils to sell appeals to amateur and professional paleontologists alike. In fact, many trade shows where collectors can purchase or sell fossils are visited by members of the scientific community, as well as hobbyists. Knowing the ... more »

How to Tell a Brachiopod From a Bivalve

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Brachiopods and bivalves are common invertebrate fossils. They are often confused for one another because they both have a pair of shells connected by a hinge. However, you can follow these simple steps to help differentiate between these two ... more »

How to Display a Fossil Collection

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You've worked long and hard to locate, identify and catalog your fossil collection. It would be a pity not to be able to share your finds with others. However, if you keep your fossils in a cigar box under your bed, then your collection may not ... more »

How to Find a Fossil Site for Digging

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Almost everyone is interested in fossils. The trick is, however, how to find fossils. If you don't know where to look, it is easy to come home empty handed. However, if you have a plan and know where you are going, finding fossils becomes easier. ... more »

How to Find Shark Teeth in Florida

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Whether you want to stroll the beach or head offshore in search of prehistoric monster-sized teeth, there is a reason why Venice, Florida considers itself the Shark Tooth Capital of the world... more »

How to Make Arrow and Spearheads Out of Slate

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Spearheads make for cool weapons and can be used as décor in a Native American-themed room. One of the best materials for making an arrow tip is slate, which can be found in rock or tile form. It is soft and malleable and sands easily into shape. ... more »

How to Plan a Day at the Horniman Museum and Gardens

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Named after the Victorian tea trader Frederick John Horniman, who began collecting natural history specimens in the 1860s, the Horniman Museum and accompanying Gardens aim to widen appreciation for the World around us. Horniman wanted to bring ... more »

How to Select Fossils

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The term 'ashes to ashes, dust to dust' aptly describes the way most living creatures submit their physical forms to nature's recycling program. However, under the right conditions, plants and animals may emerge millions of years after their ... more »

How to simply perserve and store special plates and dishes

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In many American homes, there are special items that families hand down to each generation to have the young family members remember them after they have long past. So many people don't understand how to take care of these items simply and ... more »

How to Use metal detector

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There are many kinds of metal detectors but I am talking about the one that you can use to find gold or coins in any places you are allowed to search for treasure. Treasures just might around in your backyard so start digging or detecting for ... more »

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