The turnaround on this one was under 24 hours. I got this in the mail yesterday, spent a few hours, and then did another hour of cleanup today. This is a Calymene breviceps from the now scarce or nearly impossible to access Waldron shale (Silurian). This prone is parked on a very thin piece of shale, and some of the pleural tips were poking out the ventral side. So, in the end, not much of the original matrix will remain. I stabilized the back just in case. It turns out to be missing some cheek, but still a fine little beastie measuring 2.9 cm. Not too shabby, and the shale was easy to work with -- it melted like butter under the dolomite. Now I await preps 3 and 4 in the mail, neither of which will be anywhere near as rapid as this one!
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Kane Faucher
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