Collecting Fossils with the New Mexico Museum of Natural History

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A key step in the jacketing process is applying a separator layer. This usually consists of newspaper, pages of telephone books, etc. that are moistened and applied to the area being jacketed.

Snyder Quarry
Petrified Forest Formation
Late Triassic

This protects the bones from becoming directly attached to the plaster jacket.