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The American Association of Paleontological Suppliers (A.A.P.S.). A.A.P.S. was organized to create a professional association of commercial fossil and mineral collectors and preparators for the purpose of promoting ethical collecting practices and cooperative liaisons with researchers, instructors, curators and exhibit managers in the academic and museum paleontological community.

Biotec Microslides, UK.

Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida: Preparation and Conservation Supplies and Equipment. A list of businesses and vendors that can provide you with the supplies you will need. This list is shown chiefly for the convenience of fossil collectors and preparators.

FSB Shop, Olaf Schwitalla, Germany. Supplies and Equipment (in German).

Gleumes Geosciences, Köln, Germany (in German). Geological maps, literature, tools.

Green Geology, Whittier, California. Micropaleo kits.

Henssen PalaeoWerkstatt. Preparation and conservation, casts and reconstructions, dioramas, etc.

Dr. F. Krantz, Rheinisches Mineralien-Kontor GmbH & Co. KG, Bonn, Germany.

Logitech Ltd.: Geological Sciences.

Museum Terra Triassica, Euerdorf, Germany:
! Sammlungsbedarf (in German).

Verband Deutscher Präparatoren (VDP). In German.

J.L. Young et al. (2008): Conservation of an Eocene petrified forest at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument: Investigation of strategies and techniques for stabilizing in situ fossil stumps. PDF file, In: Meyer, H.W., and Smith, D.M., eds., Paleontology of the Upper Eocene Florissant Formation, Colorado. The Geological Society of America, Special Paper 435: 141-157.
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ZOIC PalaeoTech.
Fossil Preparation Tools & Supplies.