Spinosaur tooth

[Misha]

Not sure how to identify if a fossil is fake or not with something like this, but I bought this spinosaurus tooth from Kem Kem some time ago and I do not know if it is real. It almost seems a bit too pretty and the price was really cheap, I don't remember exactly but it was around 10 dollars.7.2 cm in length. 

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

[thelivingdead531]

It looks real to me. A nice tooth actually. 

[Pemphix]

Up to the sandy matrix i would say real...but what is under the sand - who knows...

[TyBoy]

I would pass on any tooth with sandy mix on it.  It is a method Moroccans use to cover faults.  There are lots of clean Spino teeth for sale and would suggest looking at one of those. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yes, the lumpy sand and glue stuff is often added to hide damage or missing sections. 

[Haravex]

Anything up to the root is real, now where the sand and glue is a guess best way to find out drop it in acetone and say good bye to any glue cover up. honestly I would say 5cm spinosauridae tooth for 10usd is rather good just remove the 2.2cm of junk.

[SULLY]

Good looking tooth either way 

[caldigger]

The crown portion doesn't look bad at all. I see no breaks in it. You may find repairs under the matrix junk, but big deal!  The tooth wasn't that expensive and for what you got I would say it was a deal.

I've seen hundreds of those teeth that looked far worse in ragged shape, missing tips, with sand and glue added all the way up for more than you paid.

I think you should be happy with this one.

[JohnBrewer]

8 hours ago, Pemphix said:

Up to the sandy matrix i would say real...but what is under the sand - who knows...

I agree. 

[Misha]

9 hours ago, caldigger said:

You may find repairs under the matrix junk,

 

9 hours ago, Haravex said:

Anything up to the root is real

 

10 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Yes, the lumpy sand and glue stuff is often added to hide damage or missing sections. 

 

15 hours ago, Pemphix said:

but what is under the sand - who knows...

I removed some of the glue stuff, apparently it was holding the tooth and root together as when I removed it, it crumbled and split into two pieces.

[ynot]

1 hour ago, Misha said:

, it crumbled and split into two pieces.

Do the pieces fit together tightly?

[Misha]

7 minutes ago, ynot said:

Do the pieces fit together tightly?

In some places it fits together while in others there are gaps.

[ynot]

If it is one broken tooth (as opposed to 2 teeth) You can glue it together and fill the gaps properly (or not).

[Haravex]

7 hours ago, Misha said:

In some places it fits together while in others there are gaps.

can you put the two pieces together and take a picture of both sides? Just so we can see and compare if it is from the same tooth or a different tooth.

[Misha]

5 hours ago, Haravex said:

can you put the two pieces together and take a picture of both sides? Just so we can see and compare if it is from the same tooth or a different tooth.

They are definitely from the same tooth, I am just waiting right now for the rest of the sand glue to dissolve.

[kasnicks]

For $10, you can't go wrong. I recently paid $135 for this 9cm specimen spinosaurus tooth.

[SULLY]

Even if the root was phony, the rest of the tooth is good looking and you got a great deal 

[Pemphix]

5 hours ago, SULLY said:

Even if the root was phony, the rest of the tooth is good looking and you got a great deal 

Exact...