Mamlambo Fossils

As I drove to the fossil location, the rain started getting pretty heavy and some parts of State Highway 1 were flooded. Luckily the beach was quite sheltered but I made sure to stay away from the cliffs as they get very unstable once they are saturated like this. Linktree for all my other links: https://linktr.ee/mamlambofossils More videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mamlambo Postal address: Morne Mamlambo PO Box 78018 7648 New Zealand #fossil #newzealand #tooth

I explored 3 different rivers over the course of a weekend and found a nice assortment of fossils and even an artifact! I'll get the petrified wood polished up in my rock tumbler and we can see how it turns out. If you know what tooth the hastalis looking one is, please let me know! Mamlambo Rocks rockhounding channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyIYDaFNKo2UHkJg7mlwRQQ Linktree for all my other links: https://linktr.ee/mamlambofossils More videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mamlambo Postal address: Morne Mamlambo PO Box 78018 7648 New Zealand #fossil #newzealand #tooth

I headed out to two areas, one Oligocene and one Cretaceous, to look for some new fossils. I had a great couple of days and found some good fossils including a large suspected Cretaceous fossil fish. One of the fossils I found looked like a rib so I decided to do a quick prep on it using a few air scribes and vinegar. I have 93 patron videos now! https://www.patreon.com/mamlambo Mamlambo Rocks rockhounding channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyIYDaFNKo2UHkJg7mlwRQQ Linktree for all my other links: https://linktr.ee/mamlambofossils More videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mamlambo Postal address: Morne Mamlambo PO Box 78018 7648 New Zealand #fossils #newzealand #geology

Dacre found this huge crab concretion with the matching lid. It was a huge team effort to get it back to the car with Kamen, James, Darren, Tyler, Ronny and Caleb all helping getting it done! I'll prep it for Dacre and then we'll donate it to a university so everyone can enjoy it.

This is part two of the fossil skull prep, in part one I removed the rock using a combination of air scribes and vinegar. A huge thanks to Pacific Radiology, Leighton and Paul for organising the CT scan of the skull and of course to Andrew Cuff for segmenting it. Mamlambo Rocks rockhounding channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyIYDaFNKo2UHkJg7mlwRQQ Linktree for all my other links: https://linktr.ee/mamlambofossils More videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mamlambo Postal address: Morne Mamlambo PO Box 78018 7648 New Zealand #fossils #newzealand #geology

This is one of my favourite fossil preps so far! It was really awesome working on this rare late-Miocene Pliocene fossil turtle and just goes to show that you never know what you will find! The next step is to get it CT scanned and then into a public collection (museum) so that it can be studied further. Total time to prep it was around 120 hours air scribe work and roughly 30 - 35 acid cycles. Mamlambo Rocks rockhounding channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyIYDaFNKo2UHkJg7mlwRQQ Linktree for all my other links: https://linktr.ee/mamlambofossils More videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mamlambo Postal address: Morne Mamlambo PO Box 78018 7648 New Zealand #fossils #newzealand #geology

I did this video for my patron channel a year or so ago and thought I would give it an update to share with you all as I will be looking into micro fossils again soon. Github link to the code I used: https://github.com/mamlambofossils/foram-classifier Here is the link to the paper that I used for the code: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2019PA003612

I was really hoping to be done with the fossil turtle skull for the Maker's Challenge but this crab will do nicely! It was a really fun prep and the air abrasion unit did such a good job on those sticky bits! Thanks Theo for organising this, check out his channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih3tDVGvw0g My patreon channel: https://www.patreon.com/mamlambo Mamlambo Rocks rockhounding channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyIYDaFNKo2UHkJg7mlwRQQ Linktree for all my other links: https://linktr.ee/mamlambofossils Postal address: Morne Mamlambo PO Box 78018 7648 New Zealand Music by: Bensound License code: URHIGU5FRDVCF432 #makerschallenge4 #fossil #science

Thanks so much to everyone that entered and congrats Tatwo on winning the competition! My patreon channel: https://www.patreon.com/mamlambo Mamlambo Rocks rockhounding channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyIYDaFNKo2UHkJg7mlwRQQ Linktree for all my other links: https://linktr.ee/mamlambofossils Postal address: Morne Mamlambo PO Box 78018 7648 New Zealand #prep #fossil #airbrasion

I didn't have much time over the weekend but managed to squeeze in a quick hunt on a local beach near sunset. I managed to find a few cool fossils even though it got dark quite early. The beach at this location can be quite confusing as there are fossils from multiple ages being washed up on the beach. There are clips from two short fossil hunts in this video. Patreon for 50+ extra videos from $4 per month: https://www.patreon.com/mamlambo Mamlambo Rocks rockhounding channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyIYDaFNKo2UHkJg7mlwRQQ Patreon for 40+ extra videos: https://www.patreon.com/mamlambo Linktree for all my other links: https://linktr.ee/mamlambofossils Postal address: Morne Mamlambo PO Box 78018 7648 New Zealand #prep #fossil #airbrasion

I am so happy to be able to share this video with you all, it took SUCH a long time to put together - hundreds of hours of work printing, editing, figuring out - it was crazy! I had to figure out the time-lapse for the 3D printing as it's not quite as straightforward as I thought it would be, OctoLapse was a lifesaver though. Such a good bit of software. The model was quite tricky to put together as the bones are from 4 different moas and some have been digitally created from mirroring the opposite bones. This meant I had to be quite liberal with the hot glue to fill in some gaps and voids to make it work. I estimate it took about 3kg of filament to print, 630 hours and 10 hours to put together. Phew, now back to some fossil prep! Mamlambo Rocks rockhounding channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyIYDaFNKo2UHkJg7mlwRQQ Patreon for 40+ extra videos: https://www.patreon.com/mamlambo Linktree for all my other links: https://linktr.ee/mamlambofossils Postal address: Morne Mamlambo PO Box 78018 7648 New Zealand #3dprinting #fossil #3dscanning