Containers for fossils
For businesses packaging fossils, with capacity, neck finish, case pack and case price published on every container.
Top picks for fossils
4 oz Amber Glass Straight Sided Jar$0.59 eachcase of 84
8 oz Clear PET Single Wall Jar$0.48 eachcase of 480
4 oz Clear PET Single Wall Jar$0.39 eachcase of 760
2 oz Amber Glass Straight Sided Jar$0.39 eachcase of 168
8.4 oz Clear PET Spice Bottle$0.51 eachcase of 285
8 oz Clear PET Spice Bottle$0.40 eachcase of 390
55 ml Clear Glass Low Profile Jar$1.00 eachcase of 72
16 oz Clear Glass Mason And Paragon Jar$1.07 eachcase of 72Guides
Getting started
What you may sell
Federal land, and what PRPA reachesThe Act is about federal land, which is both narrower and broader than people expect.Casual collecting, and why it is not a sales routeNon-commercial personal use is in the definition, not a condition added later.The vertebrate lineFive of the fifteen leaves here are vertebrates, including the two most traded fossils.False labeling is its own offense470aaa-5(b) makes a false record, account, label or identification a separate crime.
Display and keeping
Clarity, and what the jar is forThe archetype says clarity matters more than anything else, and the shelf agrees: 66 of 139 are clear.Humidity, pyrite and saltsThe slow chemical failures of a mineralized specimen, and what a sealed jar does about them.Mounting, and why loose is wrongA specimen that can move is a specimen being sanded by its own container.
What goes wrong
It could not lawfully be soldA specimen from federal land, often collected decades ago in good faith.There is no provenanceA good specimen that nobody can place, which makes it a dead asset.The label overstated itA species attribution or a formation nobody can support, on a specimen worth more with it.The specimen degradedPyrite bloom, salt crystallization, abrasion in the jar, or a faded matrix.
