I accepted long ago it’s a fake. I didn’t know how notorious they were for being scams, my ding dong self did zero research before buying it. I did have a few people on Facebook say there’s a very small possibility some of it could be real. I have a much better phone camera now than I did when I got it.
It's supposed to be a gift, so I'd like to be sure.
Can someone take a quick glance?
I am writing to seek professional guidance regarding a fossil specimen I recently inherited from a private collection. The piece is identified as an Ichthyosaur skull, reportedly sourced from the marine strata of Guizhou Province, China.I have attached high-resolution images for your review. I would appreciate your expert opinion on its authenticity. I specifically noticed a distinct white vein crossing the specimen, which appears to be a calcium/calcite deposit filling a natural fracture in the matrix. I would like to know if this specific feature is consistent with authentic fossils recovered from the Guizhou region.Thank you very much for your time and for sharing your expertise. I look forward to hearing from you.
I really want to start getting some nice pieces, but I’m a bit overwhelmed trying to learn how to tell if something is legit. Do these pieces look authentic? They have some other items in the store that aren’t on the website, so I can’t include those, unfortunately. Are fossil plates commonly faked, or less so?
I am currently on the hunt for a showpiece dinosaur fossil, a wooly mammoth tooth, some sort of fossil plate, a trilobite, and other dinosaur fossils maybe teeth.
How does this look everything look legit? It’s massive the things like the size of my head super heavy too. Sellers asking around $1,700 including tax fair price?
Dimensions: ~ 10-1/2" long x 11" tall x 4-1/2" wide
Location: Germany
Time Period: Pleistocene / ~ 30,000 year old