Lecture: Fossil and Mineral Fakes and Forgeries

Speaker: Ian B Dunne, Chairman- Southampton Mineral and Fossil Society

Entry Fee

Members: Free

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Date and Time

19:30 -

Location

Virtual Talk via Zoom

Lecture Description

Fakes, fossil and mineral, dealing with some of the obvious and less obvious tricks used by the unscrupulous to part collectors from their money. There is also time to look at as a few of the great historic fakes that lead science astray, such as “Beringers lying Stones”, “Piltdown Hoax” and more.