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Hi. Brand new here. Over 20 years ago I had a Chinese business colleague who traveled regularly to Brazil. He showed me a beautiful piece once when I was visiting him. A while later he brought me this fossil as a gift. I’ve always loved it but know very little about it. 

 

I’m sure this is familiar to you guys. Anything you can tell me about it would be deeply appreciated 

 

 

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Welcome to the Forum. :) 

 

This looks like a Rhacolepis buccalis to me.

 

What is the size of this fossil? 

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2 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

This looks like a Rhacolepis buccalis to me.

It looks like that. :)

 

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It looks genuine but also quite doctored. Commercially, these are enhanced by carving the edge of the fish, especially the fins, sharper. This definitely looks like it was treated that way.

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