# Securing fossils: the piece breaks, the find spot is a legal question

> Securing fossils: store shock-free, note the origin, do not dress up a find or purchase with an invented quarry site.
> Quelle: https://tresorrari.de/artikel/fossilien-sammlung-sichern · Stand: 2026-10-01 · Tresorrari Redaktion

A fossil breaks along an old seam. The find spot is often the price and sometimes a legal question, because not every ground allows removal. In the overview [Security for collectors](/artikel/sicherheit-fuer-sammler) you write down where you got the piece from, and you store it shock-free.

## The boundary

What you may find yourself, and what may enter trade, depends on the place and the piece. You clarify that before collecting in the field and before a purchase. This text is the storage, not the excavation permit.

## Storage and theft

Shock-free, label not on the sensitive face, heavy slabs at the bottom. Small aesthetic pieces go along in a drawer. They sit with the other small values when the price calls for it. The folder: type in your words, find spot as far as documented, measurements, proof, photo.


## Häufige Fragen

### Glue it yourself when it breaks?

Only if you know what you are doing. A bad glue join is new damage. Document first.

### Find spot unknown?

Then that is what the list says. Do not fill it in because it sounds better.

### Slab on the wall?

Shock-free, and not where a door strikes it.