Fossil Fish, PT. III: The Preparation
So.... we've got all of these fish fossils. Now what? To the prep lab! Part I: In Search of Fossil Fish: http://youtu.be/6EMRujEbhQQ Part II: Fossil Fish: A History: http://youtu.be/KVj5YwnMhyo...
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Hey, we're here back at The Field Museum with Akiko, who is the Fossil Preparator. - Yep! - And we are going to be working on some of the fish that we excavated from Wyoming. What's next? So what kind of tools and things are necessary to prepare a fossil? - Well, you're holding the basic tool, it's called a pin vice. It's a pin vice holder with a carbide needle right here. - So essentially it's just like a fancy metal pick. - Pretty much. - So you have that, we have a high powered microscope, that we have a light on so we can see the scales and the bones. - And then you scrape away the matrix away from the fossils. - And that's it. - Yeah, basically. - All right, I'm going to try my hand, literally, at this. I'm ju...
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Hey, we're here back at The Field Museum with Akiko, who is the Fossil Preparator. - Yep! - And we are going to be working on some of the fish that we excavated from Wyoming. What's next? So what kind of tools and things are necessary to prepare a fossil? - Well, you're holding the basic tool, it's called a pin vice. It's a pin vice holder with a carbide needle right here. - So essentially it's just like a fancy metal pick. - Pretty much. - So you have that, we have a high powered microscope, that we have a light on so we can see the scales and the bones. - And then you scrape away the matrix away from the fossils. - And that's it. - Yeah, basically. - All right, I'm going to try my hand, literally, at this. I'm ju...
