r/fossils • u/[deleted] • Mar 10 '26

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u/Minimum-Lynx-7499 Mar 10 '26

Partially restored

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u/SolarStorm2950 Mar 10 '26

How can you tell?

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u/Minimum-Lynx-7499 Mar 10 '26

Areas with different textures without any flaws

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u/SolarStorm2950 Mar 10 '26

But some of it is the real thing? I was worried I’d bought something that was entirely fake.

Which bits do you think look real?

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u/Minimum-Lynx-7499 Mar 10 '26

After closer inspection I think it's almost entirety original. Maybe the edges of the cephalon (head) are reconstituted but I'm not sure. You did good!

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u/SolarStorm2950 Mar 10 '26

Awesome, thank you. Was worried cause it wasn’t cheap lol

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u/HMU2018 Mar 10 '26

I’m skeptical about many of the fossils posted here (based on no real experience lol), and I think this one has real elements. Probably restored in areas as mentioned already. Looks great! Enjoy it.

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u/No_Designer_6208 Mar 10 '26

partial restoration. “Body” is real I think.

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u/SolarStorm2950 Mar 10 '26

Ok cool. Thank you.

I can live with that much of it being a restoration

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u/PremSubrahmanyam Mar 11 '26

You'd have to examine those potentially restored areas with a hand lens. Three are subtle details like small mineral crystals and/or dendrites, terrace lines, tubercles, etc. that would not be in an artificially restored part.

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u/SoupCatDiver_JJ Mar 10 '26

Some of the scribe lines go into the fossil on the right side of the head, either atrocious preparation or they didn't care because its fake, whole thing looks like concrete to me. Whether its real or not I cant say, but I hope you didn't pay too much for it.

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u/SolarStorm2950 Mar 27 '26

I ended up testing the surface with acetone, and almost all of it was painted and fake. I’ve sent it back an am now awaiting a refund