Trilobite buy??

[Sjfriend]

Bought a couple Trilobites from different dealers in Quartzsite Arizona. Hoping to get better info then what I was given. One has a faded label, the other nothing.

 

First one supposedly came from an old collection and has an old label stating "Astropyge, Alnif Morocco. Size 1.5 inch

 

2nd one has no information. Know its from Morocco (at least very sure) Size 2 inches

 

I know they're not perfect but at least from what I could tell they both look real. They both have decent eyes.

 

Thanks for looking

[Wrangellian]

I can't help on the IDs but I've seen much worse prep jobs on Moroccan bugs! (as have we all, I'm sure)

[Kane]

Hollardops sp.

[Malcolmt]

Definitely Hollardops formerly called Metacanthina

[Tidgy's Dad]

I agree, Hollardops from a very nice country. 

[minnbuckeye]

Nice acquisitions! It seems like experts, of which I am not, have deemed these to be real. I have the same opinion. I enjoy looking at unknowns for forgery so that if I ever begin purchasing fossils I will have the knowledge of what to look for. Bubbles in a trilobite indicate resin fakes. In scanning your trilobites, I noticed on the second to last picture posted, a questionable "bubble" on the left side of the pygidium, second ridge from the center. Am I envisioning something that doesn't exist?

 

 Mike

[piranha]

12 hours ago, Sjfriend said:

First one supposedly came from an old collection and has an old label stating "Astropyge, Alnif Morocco. Size 1.5 inch

 

 

The second specimen is Hollardops.  This one is: Metacanthina issoumourensis

[Sjfriend]

16 hours ago, minnbuckeye said:

In scanning your trilobites, I noticed on the second to last picture posted, a questionable "bubble" on the left side of the pygidium, second ridge from the center. Am I envisioning something that doesn't exist?

I think the fossil material is calcite (think being the operative word) hence the shiny look I haven't found any popped resin bubbles in bug or matrix