“We have observed expertly done Chinese fossil fakes being sold on both Ebay and a few large fossil dealer websites. Many of these forgeries have sold for THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS with several selling for WELL OVER TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS! Amazingly, many are being sold shortly after being listed!â€
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OP3 years agoChina is not the only producer and exporter of fake fossils.
Since that nation's fossil trade first blossomed on the international scene in the late '80s, North African workers have become notorious for utilizing everything from local muds to cheap automobile putty to carefully construct or composite a veritable smorgasbord of trilobite species, ranging from foot-long Cambrian Paradoxides to a variety of Devonian trilo-types. Often their work is so good -- with their original molds being crafted from actual specimens -- that even university-trained trilobite “experts†have routinely been fooled.
Read more: Fake Trilobites
Undoubtedly the most mass-produced fakes of recent times have been those being made in Morocco
Also be aware of fake amber.
Learn to spot fake amber.