One of the first and biggest problems with fraud in the commercial fossil market began with trilobites. Fake and heavily fabricated trilobites are still with us today and one of the (if not THE) largest problem areas of FAKE FOSSILS. The following dissertation best sums up what to look out for with fraud and forgery in trilobite fossils. Some of the experiences and comments are dated but by and large, the majority of the article still holds true today. As time passes, and the collector becomes more educated and knowledgeable, certainly new procedures for faking all fossils will attempt to trump our judgment and experience. The commercial fossil market requires continual and active monitoring to learn of new techniques of the “artists”.
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Counterfeiting trilobites. . .dastardly! How low people can sink!!!
I can so see this opening into a commercial industry. Fake trilobites! Make ‘em in fancy colors, give ‘em pretty patterns, superimpose Bush’s face over the head, etc.
I can so see this opening into a commercial industry. Fake trilobites! Make ‘em in fancy colors, give ‘em pretty patterns, superimpose Bush’s face over the head, etc.
Perhaps we can graft antlers and big teeth onto some, and sell them as jacktrilopes: the ancient ancestors of the modern jackalope.
Great! We could start a tourist industry with that. Send the tourists off on snipe hunts to find some present-day Jackalope descendants with some turtle feathers as a bonus.
I’m just wondering how long it will be before a trilobite shows up bearing the likeness of either JC or V-Mary… and how much it will subsequently sell for on E-bay.
I’m just wondering how long it will be before a trilobite shows up bearing the likeness of either JC or V-Mary… and how much it will subsequently sell for on E-bay.
Ooooooo! I’d better check mine, just in case!
Do you suppose that Jesus looked like a small primitive arthropod?
I’m just wondering how long it will be before a trilobite shows up bearing the likeness of either JC or V-Mary… and how much it will subsequently sell for on E-bay.
Ooooooo! I’d better check mine, just in case!
Do you suppose that Jesus looked like a small primitive arthropod?
If you turn your head sideways and look at it thru the bottom of a half full glass of beer he might.
