Wafique Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Hello, I have brought this two trilobites on a online store last month but don’t know it’s real or not, can you help me ? Thanks !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 I'd like to see more detail of the genal spines in the second specimen, but otherwise they look pretty good to me. The right hand side genal spine on the first specimen has been broken off, but no effort has been made to hide this break which I would consider to be a good sign. 3 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wafique Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 @Tidgy's Dad this photo is the second specimen. this two fossils aren’t expensive but the quality seems not bad, so it makes me think that are them real or not, I have no idea how to identify Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Do you mean you can't tell if they're real or that you don't know the species, age or locations? Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 They certainly are real and it sounds like you got a good deal. 2 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wafique Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 @Tidgy's Dad yes, I don’t know it’s real or fake fossil, you know, there are many “human made” trilobites in the market ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wafique Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 @Ludwigia thank you !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Yes, they're nice specimens. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson g Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 A good rule of thumb I've noticed with a lot of fakes are they lack the ornamentation (small bumps/ tubercles you can see on the cephalon and glabella of the trilobite) yours have. Small details are hard to fabricate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wafique Posted June 25, 2020 Author Share Posted June 25, 2020 @Jackson g thanks for sharing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeon.rocks Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Real and decent. Hollardops is nice. Cyphaspis cf. boutscharafinense is decent, can't expect more for a cheap price of a fast commercial prep (those "tubercles" (bumps) were actually like tiny "spines" or sensory organs covering the cephalon as in pic bellow, but in 99,9% of these in commerce never preserved in prep). 22 hours ago, Wafique said: yes, I don’t know it’s real or fake fossil, you know, there are many “human made” trilobites in the market ... If you see details like on Hollardops, the bug is usually real. If it looks like "s...", often not. There are many real trilobites in the market, most are common species, so no need to be afraid of fakes, unless you expect rare or spiny species very cheap, but as a general rule, always do research about fossils/species you are buying, and you should be "safe"... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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