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Thanks again for the answers. My wife and I were talking about them today and had thought of the silica as well, we've just gone ahead and bought some online. I'll then take them to work (a chemical s ...

Thank you all for the great replies. England's about the wettest country there is it seems, I think I'll take them to a lab at work where have hot rooms/ovens to dry them out and then put them in a se ...

Thanks for the great answer, very useful. It seems sad that something we took from the sea/beach that has lasted for millions of years can break down so quickly once its removed. I think we'll put the ...

Hi All,

Thought I'd post here and see if I can get some advice! We fossil on and off in England and have some nice fools gold ammonites. I've cleaned them in coke and then pure water (store bought ...

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Topic: Crystals forming on fools gold ammonites
robhanson Replies: 12 Views: 23944	Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Jun 01, 2014 13:56 Subject: Re: Crystals forming on fools gold ammonites
robhanson Replies: 12 Views: 23944	Thanks again for the answers. My wife and I were talking about them today and had thought of the silica as well, we've just gone ahead and bought some online. I'll then take them to work (a chemical s ...
Topic: Crystals forming on fools gold ammonites
robhanson Replies: 12 Views: 23944	Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: Jun 01, 2014 04:04 Subject: Re: Crystals forming on fools gold ammonites
robhanson Replies: 12 Views: 23944	Thank you all for the great replies. England's about the wettest country there is it seems, I think I'll take them to a lab at work where have hot rooms/ovens to dry them out and then put them in a se ...
Topic: Crystals forming on fools gold ammonites
robhanson Replies: 12 Views: 23944	Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: May 31, 2014 16:22 Subject: Re: Crystals forming on fools gold ammonites
robhanson Replies: 12 Views: 23944	Thanks for the great answer, very useful. It seems sad that something we took from the sea/beach that has lasted for millions of years can break down so quickly once its removed. I think we'll put the ...
Topic: Crystals forming on fools gold ammonites
robhanson Replies: 12 Views: 23944	Forum: Conserving, Preparing and Cleaning Minerals Posted: May 31, 2014 15:22 Subject: Crystals forming on fools gold ammonites
robhanson Replies: 12 Views: 23944	Hi All, Thought I'd post here and see if I can get some advice! We fossil on and off in England and have some nice fools gold ammonites. I've cleaned them in coke and then pure water (store bought ...