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kleinbl00  ·  2510 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Amazing Shapes of Ammonites

There's a certain caliber of "mineral shop" that tends to be full of crystals cut into "natural" shapes and trilobites with every feature rolled into one (eye stalks, antennae, horns, etc). They tend to be crazy expensive, obviously fake, and sold primarily to looky-loos who would never otherwise buy a trilobite fossil. Go to a gem and mineral show, they're nowhere. Go to Santa Monica, they're all you see.