gebe Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Is anyone can help me to exam this fossil. is it real? or man made. if it is real, how many percentage of repair. thank you so much for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Auspex Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 The association itself is extremely suspicious... "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I agree - likely faked; it is typical of many of the fakes I've examined in person at the Tucson Show. The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gebe Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 is that means there should not be this kind of combination of trilobite and starfish. nor there should not be these many starfish in the same plate. thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kosmoceras Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Looks fake to me, I would avoid it. Not enough detail on each specimen and they are all the exact same colour. All the best, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taogan Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I don't like the look of it, all the "fossils" seem uniform, no good ones or bad ones, just slightly undefined ones, with so many in one block you would expect more variation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Wow - people are "faking" fossils? That looks like a lot of work, for questionable return(s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanNREMTP Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 The penny looks real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gebe Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 is this compound eye picture help to determine? the star fish seems same color, but he trilobite has multiple colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 No detail at all, the "specimen" looks like the same material as the matrix, it looks to be carved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 This whole plate is a fabrication; pure artifice. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarqusandDad Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Sorry as it does look to be a molded display piece which is common at shows llike at Tucson. The amount of material that is there for each item is very high with low details. These items are neat and do sell sometimes for a larger amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOROPUS Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Starfish looks fossil(with some details)... Whereas trilo looks fake... Starfish are, in my opinion, overworked (too much restoration and "cleaning"). I won't buy it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gebe Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 thanks everyone. appriciate for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 I'm sorry to disagree with the rest of the members. I would buy this in a second. It is one of the nicest garden ornaments I have seen. I would even buy a bunch for a stepping stone trail. Probably worth $2 to $5 in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrollings Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Scylla, I agree. They would make awesome stepping stones for a garden! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 It's got to be worth more as a piece of art, at least into the double digits?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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