Re: New Dromaeosaur Specimen

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Not that I have any idea what I'm talking about, but I think it would depend
upon the exact chemical nature of the fossil.  It would have to be
composed of something that the acid could differentiate from the limestone,
wouldn't it? Actually, it's one of the reasons I asked about what's really
there since many of the Chinese fossils are not "mineralized" to as great
an extent as many, say, American fossils.

Danvarner@aol.com wrote:

 
In a message dated 4/26/01 12:13:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
dinosaur@dinosaur.org writes:
 

<< As I understand it, the farmers who found the specimen lucked out and had
the
slab split exactly down the longitudinal center of the specimen.>>
 

      That's pretty lucky, all right! Here's an interesting question: would
it be possible to acid-prep away the limestone and reveal the full plumage? DV

 

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