Chinliang Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Hi I'm new to ammonite fossil can anyone help to ID this fossil? Is this a ammonite douvilleiceras fossil is it real or is just a "plastic"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Looks real to me, though someone's managed to scratch it a bit in places, it's very pretty. 2 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 It's a real Douvilleiceras from the Cretaceous of Madagascar. The market is flooded with them. Calcite steinkern polished almost beyond recognition. 3 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 It's certainly real. These ammonites often have the chambers filled with calcite, so people will "polish" them to remove the external shell and expose the calcite and suture lines. Many people like them prepped that way, though my preference is to retain the shell and expose the ammonites as it was during life as much as possible. Don 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Real ammonite (you can see some of the suture lines) but there is more carving than original ammonite. A real natural Douvilleiceras looks like this (picture from the internet): 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplomado Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Yeah, it's got too much carving on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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