Discuss Fossils

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* All posts are pre-approved before appearing live, this may take up to 24 hours to become visible.

* All posts should be of an earth science nature. Although some chatter is inevitable, we try to encourage members to avoid posts turning into chatter, and will act to remove unrelated posts without prior warning.

* UK Fossils, UKGE and Deposits magazine take NO responsibility for the contents of these posts.

* NO COMMERCIAL POSTS PERMITTED: We DO NOT allow the advertising of products of services on this website, except registered sellers. Any person caught posting such material, will result in their accounts suspended.

* NO PRIVATE SALES PERMITTED: We DO NOT allow the advertising of personal products and services for sale, except registered sellers. This includes books, fossils and equipment.

* NO POSTING OF COMPANY NAMES: This website is funded by UKGE, which costs a great deal of money to maintain and host. We therefore do not allow the posting of company names.

* We DO allow permission for the posting of brand names, where these do not clearly encourage members to buy from a particular source or company, or advertise a particular service or company. Brand names that are permissible are for example PVA, or even UNIBOND PVA which are available from a variety of sources and of which does not in itself encourage to buy from a particular source.

* NO POSTING that encourages reckless collecting or that which goes against location SSSI rules.

* NO WEBSITE LINKS TO COMMERCIAL or AUCTION WEBSITES: Only links to personal or educational websites permitted that do not contain item to sell. This includes personal websites featuring fossils for sale which is also not permitted.

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* We DO NOT allow photos of sites which are clearly not lawfully accessible to the public.