Santi
20th October 2009, 14:59
Ok, i know it's a bit off topic, but i thought i would share the display idea...and throw in a couple more photos for those interested in fossils...
So, the display idea is with:
- a custom made wooden box
- pieces of moquette
- glass on top
I asked a carpenter for the custom made box, and the rest i did it myself, i got the glass, painted it (with something similar to varnish, but not that exactly), and i had that old moquette which i used to make the "floor" for the fossils.
I think it ended up pretty nice. It took me quite a few hours of work. But it's a cheap and beautiful way to display, IMO.
What you see in the big compartment, is a petrified wood. But i can't know how many years old it is.
The 3 other comparments contain 2 ammonites: Ammonites, as they pertain specifically to the order Ammonitida, are an extinct group of marine animals belonging to the cephalopod subclass Ammonoidea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonite
One was cut in the middle and polished, so you can see inside it, which is beatiful, btw. The other one is not broken in 2, and is in the condition on how they find it.
Both ammonites, are at least 65.5 millon years old, with a max age of ~ 200 millon years old. :001_wub:
All these (wood and fossils) came from Peru.
Hope you like it.
PS: Similar display with a dagger:
http://worldwarmilitaria.com/forum/showthread.php?t=225
So, the display idea is with:
- a custom made wooden box
- pieces of moquette
- glass on top
I asked a carpenter for the custom made box, and the rest i did it myself, i got the glass, painted it (with something similar to varnish, but not that exactly), and i had that old moquette which i used to make the "floor" for the fossils.
I think it ended up pretty nice. It took me quite a few hours of work. But it's a cheap and beautiful way to display, IMO.
What you see in the big compartment, is a petrified wood. But i can't know how many years old it is.
The 3 other comparments contain 2 ammonites: Ammonites, as they pertain specifically to the order Ammonitida, are an extinct group of marine animals belonging to the cephalopod subclass Ammonoidea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonite
One was cut in the middle and polished, so you can see inside it, which is beatiful, btw. The other one is not broken in 2, and is in the condition on how they find it.
Both ammonites, are at least 65.5 millon years old, with a max age of ~ 200 millon years old. :001_wub:
All these (wood and fossils) came from Peru.
Hope you like it.
PS: Similar display with a dagger:
http://worldwarmilitaria.com/forum/showthread.php?t=225