Fossil Collector's Handbook: Finding, Identifying, Preparing, Displaying

by Gerhard Lichter

Book Overview

A fully illustrated field guide for the fossil collector, which describes how to collect and prepare fossils that have been embedded in different consistencies of earth or rock. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806903503
• ISBN13: 9780806903507
• Release Date: December 1899
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

WELL TITLED

This book is just what the title states. It is not a compilation of pictures and drawings that will help you identify your finds to the genus level. It is a very strong resource in a few areas. It gives very detailed methods of removing fossils from different rock types. It has very good sections on collecting and preparation tools and their use. Finally, it goes into detail on chemical restoration and preservation. The author is very much concerned with how fossils display rather than keeping them as natural as possible. Purists will gasp, but if you want your specimens to be aesthetically pleasing, then this book will be an invaluable resource. Another thing worth mentioning is that most of the localities mentioned are in Europe and the author is really into ammonites. Overall, for what it is, an excellent addition to any enthusiast's library.

Excellent reference for the amateur fossil collector

Gerhard Lichter, and acclaimed international paleontologist shows how to collect, record, prepare, and display your own discoveries. The tools and methods for extraction and preparation are covered. Very nice photographs from specimens collected around the world. This is a definitive must have for all fossil collector enthusiasts