New Members Hunter34 Posted June 11, 2016 New Members Share Posted June 11, 2016 I recently bought this ammonite at a local fossil and gem store in my area. I was told by the owner that it is an ammonite from Agadir, Morocco. I'm new to fossil collecting and wanted to get some opinions. I saw after purchasing it that many of these are faked. It wasn't very expensive and this is a learning process for me. Can anyone tell me if this is a real fossil or a stone carving being sold erroneously? I appreciate the help. I had trouble uploading pictures, so I used links. https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/90961802@N08/27517024041/ https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/90961802@N08/27490785332/ https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/90961802@N08/27313006350/ https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/90961802@N08/27490870902/ https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/90961802@N08/26981153623/ https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/90961802@N08/27589932815/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guguita2104 Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Hello, welcome to TFF ! Your ammonite is real, but it was heavily sculpted to seem more complete or perfect.Always be careful about fossils that come from Morocco, specially the trilobites. Here they're other previous threads about the faked or non-faked ammonites:http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/45859-ammonite-madagascar-perisphinctes-orthosphinctes/ http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/63811-how-to-distingquish-fake-from-real-ammonites/ http://fakefossils.webs.com/fakemoroccanfossils.htm Regards, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 I agree - real with quite a bit of "embelishment". I've added the pictures here for those who do not wish to leave the site, and for archival purposes. EDIT: Welcome to the Forum. Regards, 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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