Real or fake: Insect from Wyoming

[Tidgy's Dad]

Pterosaur, ammonite and amber seem to be real. 

It's real opal, but not sure it's a bivalve. 

Again, other angles would help.

[FrostbyteFossils]

1 minute ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Pterosaur, ammonite and amber seem to be real. 

It's real opal, but not sure it's a bivalve. 

Again, other angles would help.

 

[FrostbyteFossils]

[DeepTimeIsotopes]

21 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

It's real opal, but not sure it's a bivalve. 

Again, other angles would help.

If that’s not a bivalve, it’s a dang good fake. @FrostbyteFossils I’d say it’s real. Its been polished a decent amount which is probably what’s throwing off @Tidgy's Dad.

[FrostbyteFossils]

Just now, UtahFossilHunter said:

If that’s not a bivalve, it’s a dang good fake. @FrostbyteFossils I’d say it’s real. Its been polished a decent amount which is probably what’s throwing off @Tidgy's Dad.

Thank you. Phew

[Joe_17]

Here are a couple of pics of a fly fossil from the Green river that's in my collection. I took the close ups with a microscope. As someone stated before you can see the fine details of it.

[Seguidora-de-Isis]

1 hour ago, FrostbyteFossils said:

Thank goodness! Haha! Sorry bout me bad camera. Thanks. Phew.

 

The camera is excellent, only the angle of the photo is that it was initially dubious, because there are many fish teeth from Kem Kem beds being sold as if they were from pterosaurs... 

[FrostbyteFossils]

10 minutes ago, Seguidora-de-Isis said:

 

The camera is excellent, only the angle of the photo is that it was initially dubious, because there are many fish teeth from Kem Kem beds being sold as if they were from pterosaurs... 

Yeah the quality is good but im using a phone so i cant zoom in or focus very well. Haha. Thanks though.

[Seguidora-de-Isis]

14 minutes ago, FrostbyteFossils said:

Yeah the quality is good but im using a phone so i cant zoom in or focus very well. Haha. Thanks though.

 

You are welcome my friend!

 

The your, It is definitely a bivalve opalized, although it has been quite polished. Recently I bought a Petrified Wood that is also supposedly opalized:

 

 

 

But I will only be sure that it is opalized when it arrives, and if it arrives, because here in South America it is difficult to wait so long for an international purchase to arrive, and this, when it arrives.

[FrostbyteFossils]

17 hours ago, Seguidora-de-Isis said:

 

You are welcome my friend!

 

The your, It is definitely a bivalve opalized, although it has been quite polished. Recently I bought a Petrified Wood that is also supposedly opalized:

 

   

 

But I will only be sure that it is opalized when it arrives, and if it arrives, because here in South America it is difficult to wait so long for an international purchase to arrive, and this, when it arrives.

The waits always the worst isnt it?

[Seguidora-de-Isis]

29 minutes ago, FrostbyteFossils said:

The waits always the worst isnt it?

 

For sure! Even more so here in South America where packages are constantly lost...

[Tidgy's Dad]

10 hours ago, FrostbyteFossils said:

 

Ha de ha. 

Yes, real for sure. 

Very lovely too.

[FrostbyteFossils]

1 minute ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Ha de ha. 

Yes, real for sure. 

Very lovely too.

Thanks

[JohnBrewer]

Pterosaurid teeth like you have illustrated are very common that size from Kem Kem. It wouldn’t be worth faking teeth this size. I must have 20  

 

btw are you in the U.K.? 

[FrostbyteFossils]

43 minutes ago, JohnBrewer said:

btw are you in the U.K.? 

Nah I live in Eastern Australia.

[JohnBrewer]

Just now, FrostbyteFossils said:

Nah i live in eastern australia.

Can’t get closer than that then! 

[FrostbyteFossils]

2 minutes ago, JohnBrewer said:

Can’t get closer than that then! 

Closer to what, sorry? Just woke up. Brain's a little fuzzy haha.

[JohnBrewer]

I’m in the U.K. and wondered if you were to see if you I could help with the shop you bought from. 

 

9 minutes ago, FrostbyteFossils said:

Closer to what

 Just jesting being as far away as possible from me.  

[FrostbyteFossils]

1 minute ago, JohnBrewer said:

I’m in the U.K. and wondered if you were to see if you I could help with the shop you bought from. 

 

 Just jesting being as far away as possible from me.  

Oh haha well.. thanks anyway.

[FrostbyteFossils]

Also, I'm jealous. There are so many nice fossils in the UK. As you probably know, many of Australia's fossils remain buried due to lots of erosion destroying the ones that had surfaced, as well as being so flat. Around where I live there is a site called Mulbring where I've found countless shells, bryozoans and even a few crinoids. Then east of there is the coast you can find many Glossopteris leaves in some hardened rocks.

[jpc]

I'll just chime in and quietly say the insect looks fake.  

[caldigger]

3 hours ago, JohnBrewer said:

btw are you in the U.K.? 

Did you feel you recognized the accent in his typing?