Fossil Fakes and Their Recognition

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Corbacho, J., and C. Sendino, 2015, Fossil Fakes and Their

Recognition. Deposits Magazine.

https://depositsmag.com/2015/12/19/fossil-fakes-and-their-recognition/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265208436_Fossil_fakes_and_their_recognition

http://www.elfosil.com/DICRAN3HT.htm

Related papers:

Corbacho, J., J. A. Vela, and J. A. Cuevas, 2007, Falsificación

de trilobites del Norte de África. Batallería. vol. 13, pp. 29-36.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265168347_FALSIFICACION_DE_TRILOBITES_DEL_NORTE_DE_AFRICA

https://portal.uah.es/portal/page/portal/universidad_mayores/descarga_material_docente/material_ciencias_naturales/documentos/falsos_fosiles.pdf

Corbacho, J., and J. A. Vela, 2009, Fossils Falsificación of N.

of Africa. (non trilobites) Batallería. vol. 14, pp. 53-56.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265168516_FALSIFICACION_DE_FOSILES_DEL_N_DE_AFRICA_NO_TRILOBITES

Corbacho, J., C. Sendino, and M.Tahiri, 2011, Palaeontological

fakes, Batalleria. vol. 16, pp. 37-45

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265168169_Palaeontological_fakes_Falsificaciones_paleontologicas

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Joan_Corbacho/publication/265168169_Palaeontological_fakes_Falsificaciones_paleontologicas/links/54038f9d0cf23d9765a5cf37.pdf

Corbacho, J., I. Corbacho, S, Morrison, and M. Valent, 2015,

Latest techniques detected in the falsification of fossils

Batallería. vol. 22, pp. 22-27.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284737545_Latest_techniques_detected_in_the_falsification_of_fossils

Paper by Mats E. Eriksson and George O. Poinar

Eriksson, M. E., and G. O. Poinar, 2015, Fake it till you make

it-the uncanny art of forging amber. Geology Today. vol. 31,

no. 1, pp. 21-27.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273287099_Fake_it_till_you_make_it-the_uncanny_art_of_forging_amber

Figure 11: An exceptionally well-preserved trilobite (measuring

8 cm in length) in Baltic amber. Figure from above article.

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/273287099_fig12_Figure-11-An-exceptionally-well-preserved-trilobite-measuring-8-cm-in-length-in-Baltic

Yours,

Paul H.

Edited April 16, 2016 by Oxytropidoceras

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Moved to "How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications" and pinned.

Great addition!

[jpc 822]

Great post. My one concern is that they recommend dunking a potential fake fossil in acetone overnight to see if the paint dissolves away.This sounds great, but if the fossil turns out to be real and had some parts glued back together, they glue will likely fail in acetone.

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I regularly use a UV flashlight with short and long wavelength options to look for reconstructions. It usually does well to point out the unnatural bits.