Real or fake hollardops yellow eyes?

[megfossil]

Hello everyone! What do you think, this is real or fake? I discovered some little spots of black paint. It has cracks filled with glue too.

[Kane]

Real. An artifact of the mineralization in that material.

[megfossil]

5 minutes ago, Kane said:

Real. An artifact of the mineralization in that material.

thatnks. what do you mean by "artifact of the mineralisation..."?

[Kane]

During fossilization, pending available minerals at deposition, this can alter the colour of the matrix and/or specimen. 

[trilobites_are_awesome]

Real and a nice one at that.

[grandpa]

Nice trilo, but I'm partial to trilos with blue eyes. 

[piranha]

^{Just to keep this topic interesting: red trilobites with eyes....}

Klug, C., Schulz, H., De Baets, K. 2009
Red Devonian Trilobites with Green Eyes from Morocco and the Silicification of the Trilobite Exoskeleton.
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 54(1):117-123  PDF LINK

[SPrice]

Very nice specimen and excellent prep job!, IMO. While it is subjective, to me the gloss is just a teeny bit over shiny. However I am light years away from this quality with my prepping skills on the fossils I have recently collected.

 

This Trilobite would be a centerpiece in my collection.

 

I'm still in the " fresh out of the rock with a coating of Paraloid looks good"  mode. 

[North]

I have trilobite, with similar eyes. I like that eyes pop out for a bit.

[Tidgy's Dad]

I have always been attracted to girls with yellow eyes.

[minnbuckeye]

The red trilobites with green eyes are amazing! Well worth a look..