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Hi, I'm concerned that these four trilobites may be fakes. I bought them a long time ago by a guy, who claimed they were genuine. Some of them, especially the Psychopyge, almost looks too good to be real.

But I wanna know what other people think. :)

Thanks.

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Try retaking the first two pictures looking straight down on the specimen. Oblique angles makes it challenging to make out the details to determine authenticity. 

 

The last two look a bit dodgy. The Psychopyge appears to have some carved elements, and there may be some composite restorations on the Camproballas

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The first two look completely real. they both have very crisp detail you generally do not see on fakes.

The third one does look quite dubious and I would pass on that one.

The fourth one looks like a typical Cambropallas that has repaired areas. Likely a real trilobite with some areas sculpted/restored. There's also the possibility with these that it was composited from different incomplete Cambropallas trilobites.

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49 minutes ago, Kane said:

Try retaking the first two pictures looking straight down on the specimen. Oblique angles makes it challenging to make out the details to determine authenticity.

Here you go, hope this is better:

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52 minutes ago, Kane said:

Try retaking the first two pictures looking straight down on the specimen. Oblique angles makes it challenging to make out the details to determine authenticity. 

and...

20180731_200042.jpg

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Much better, thanks! :) It is real (this species is common and not worth faking), with the only enhancements being whatever coating they apply to make it "pop."

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46 minutes ago, LordTrilobite said:

The first two look completely real. they both have very crisp detail you generally do not see on fakes.

The third one does look quite dubious and I would pass on that one.

The fourth one looks like a typical Cambropallas that has repaired areas. Likely a real trilobite with some areas sculpted/restored. There's also the possibility with these that it was composited from different incomplete Cambropallas trilobites.

 

1 minute ago, Kane said:

Much better, thanks! :) It is real (this species is common and not worth faking), with the only enhancements being whatever coating they apply to make it "pop."

 

Thank you so much for the help! :D

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1&2 are real (2. is a nice one)

3 is very quick prep, "nose" is completely fake and there are other areas heavily "restored", missing spines etc - pass on it, unless it's very cheap (≤50$); hard to say from this one pic only, but it's what you should expect fake ones look like

4 is also heavily restored, especially cephalon, but typical 

 

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5 minutes ago, aeon.rocks said:

PS: checked 3 again on close up: it's 100% fake, mold - not even a bit real

Thanks, that's what I thought.

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hey there .. 3rd one is complete fake, sorry. 

 

Can you make a picture of the backside of the cambropallas?

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first 2 trilos are 100% real

cambropallas (there are even more fracture lines then marked yet on the cephalon part)

 

cambro.jpg

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59 minutes ago, Fitch1979 said:

hey there .. 3rd one is complete fake, sorry. 

 

Can you make a picture of the backside of the cambropallas?

Backside of cambropallas:

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49 minutes ago, Fitch1979 said:

first 2 trilos are 100% real

cambropallas (there are even more fracture lines then marked yet on the cephalon part)

 

cambro.jpg

WOW! Thanks for the illustration, that's really helpful :D

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So were the prep marks added to the third one to make it appear real?

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18 hours ago, LiamL said:

So were the prep marks added to the third one to make it appear real?

 

Yes, to make it look quick rough preped, but check the close up where you can easily see air bubbles and lack of details. It's typical psychopyge fake:

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Compared to real one:

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