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Real or Fake: Rhacolepis

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Hi everyone! 

I've been looking at this fossil and have been interested in acquiring it, but I wanted to post some photos and see what you think. Is it real of fake?

 

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Thanks for your time!

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Fossildude19 Regular Member

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It is real. I don't think it is a matter of poor preparation as much as it is a bad break of the concretion itself. 

Sometimes the concretions just don't break/split nicely.  :shrug: :brokebone:

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FossilDAWG Regular Member

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Definitely real.  The prep job is pretty typical, the tendency seems to be to enhance the fishy shape with a bit of carving.  All in all, a pretty decent specimen.

 

Don

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9 hours ago, FossilDAWG said:

Definitely real.  The prep job is pretty typical, the tendency seems to be to enhance the fishy shape with a bit of carving.  All in all, a pretty decent specimen.

 

Don

Awesome! I'll go ahead and buy it. Thanks so much! I really appreciate it!

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