anhlatuan Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 (edited) Hello friends, nice to meet you. I am from Vietnam, my friends here dont know much about fossil. So can you help me? Can you tell me this is real or fake? It smells very pungent, i dont know why? I see some air balloon... Thank you Edited October 9, 2019 by anhlatuan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 I think the grayish parts are real while the brownish red parts are sculptures. 1 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 I’m not sure... I think it’s all fake. The air bubbles trapped it it for one thing. I also saw one exactly like it at a rock show over this last weekend that I got to handle that was 100% fake. It was so close they could be twins. Crack for crack. but I could always be wrong.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Welcome to TFF from Austria! And thanks for providing really good pics, they help a lot! You are right, the air bubbles are a dead giveaway that at least something was added. Here is my uneducated opinion: - As there is a positive and a negative, one is the mold of the original specimen (negative) and one is the cast of this mold (positive). - At least one part of the Trilo appears sculpted (lower right of first pic), but this sculpturing was possibly already done on the original specimen. - A little bit intriguing is the partial flaky appearance of the Trilo, "suggesting" some original shell material. But they may have intentionally put something between the original and the mold and than again between the mold and the cast, to achieve exactly this "shell" effect (the color patterns between positive and negative don´t match up, at least for me ). Hope, you didn´t pay too much... Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anhlatuan Posted October 9, 2019 Author Share Posted October 9, 2019 Hi friends, I've found the answer: 70% fake, 30% real But i think, it's still nice I use acetone and brush I hope you can learn something 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 It is amazing how much work goes into making them . Are you going to repaint it or are going highlight the reconstruction. I think it can still make cool display piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 39 minutes ago, anhlatuan said: Hi friends, I've found the answer: 70% fake, 30% real (...) I use acetone and brush I hope you can learn something @anhlatuan I really like your way of pointing things out. Thank you very much for the instructive pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anhlatuan Posted October 9, 2019 Author Share Posted October 9, 2019 Finished I think it is still nice :)))) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Nice collection you have there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 2 hours ago, anhlatuan said: think it is still nice :)))) Yes definitely you have a nice collection and well displayed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 @anhlatuan In an older thread @piranha posted some papers which may help you to look for these tiny bugs in Vietnam: Older Thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachelgardner01 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Amazing display! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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