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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/

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Hello, welcome to TFF :yay-smiley-1: !

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

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I agree - real with quite a bit of "embelishment". :mellow:

I've added the pictures here for those who do not wish to leave the site, and for archival purposes.

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EDIT: Welcome to the Forum. :)

Regards,

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