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At the Tucson fossil show this year trays of fake Moroccan fossils including these

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If you are looking to purchase Moroccan fossils please continue to post those you are interested in before you buy, happy to offer you our expertise

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I agree with troodon :) ...There are many fakes that came from countries like Morocco and China (I just have seen personally almost fully restored and fake trilobites)

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When these obvious fakes, (boxes of scorpions &c), at fossil fairs I presume they're sold as copies/fakes/repros yes?

No they are sold as real. There are Moroccan tents everywhere at the Tucson show, see my comment Page 6 post 101 on my Tucson show post.

http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/60849-tucson-show/page-1

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It's not one show but dozens. Most of these dealers are not at the main venues but organizers of the main shows do not control what is sold.

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It's not one show but dozens. Most of these dealers are not at the main venues but organizers of the main shows do not control what is sold.

I've not (yet) been to a rock show in the UK but am keen to. While those scorpions definitely look fake to me no doubt there are some that would easily fool me being fairly new to fossils. Caveat emptor I guess unless it's a well know dealer.

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I can't wait to see these scorpions at the Denver show in September!

They were not there in 2015.

But yes I agree with Troodon on this one, the Denver show is also filled with Moroccan tents.

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I can't wait to see these scorpions at the Denver show in September!

They were not there in 2015.

But yes I agree with Troodon on this one, the Denver show is also filled with Moroccan tents.

Since they were sold out at the Tucson show 😂 I suspect they are working overtime to get enough inventory for Denver. 😊

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Since they were sold out at the Tucson show I suspect they are working overtime to get enough inventory for Denver.

Good! I will have to have some fun :P

If you can get them for the right price, fakes are entertaining to me sometimes, like my "Triassic Chinese turtle"

I wanted it just to x-ray so I could use it for comparisons of unknown fakes.

Then I mailed it back for a refund :P

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Couldn't be more fake. How Ironic would it be if they were all preserved in the exact same shaped and sized rock, and the exact position... :P

Haha!! good eye! I hadn't noticed that! there are only 2 positions that I can see in that entire box!!

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One of the infamous Lying Stones of Marrakech...

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One of the infamous Lying Stones of Marrakech...

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For money they sell even the sh*t...

About right there , and to make a buck here nobody cares.

Jeff

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