SH6-351 - CHOICE GRADE 5.35 INCH LOWER MEGALODON FOSSIL SHARK TOOTH WITH GOLD ENAMEL

Product Description

ID

Carcharocles megalodon

FOUND

St. Mary's River Basin, Georgia, U.S.A.

AGE

MIOCENE / PLIOCENE: 23.3 - 1.81 million years

SIZE

5.35" in length on the diagonal edge

CONDITION

NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION

NOTE

LOWER JAW TEETH ARE MUCH MORE 
SCARCE THAN THE BROADER UPPER
TEETH - BEAUTIFUL GOLD REFLECTIVE
ENAMEL!

INCLUDES DIPLAY BOX - Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of 
authenticity / information sheet

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This is a LARGE LOWER JAW top-grade BEAUTY!  At 5.35 inches, this example exceeds the FIVE INCH "magic" mark for Megalodon teeth.  Anyone that collects Megalodon teeth knows that prices ramp up dramatically for teeth at this size mark similar to the price logic of "1 carat" when it comes to diamonds.  The enamel on this large tooth is a wonderful gold and cream color showing intense chatoyance in strong light.  Enamel is well preserved and naturally lustrous without being coated, oiled or dipped in any enhancing sealer.  Root and bourlette are a aesthetic contrasting brown color, and densely preserved.  Serrations and tip showing minor natural feeding wear when the shark was alive.  Serrations are intact with no breakage at the points where they cutting edges meet the root - very rare for a tooth this size.  A breath-taking fossil tooth with NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION.

Divers  will tell you that megalodon teeth like this are extremely difficult to find in today's waters.  This spectacular specimen is loaded with so many features desired by advanced Megalodon tooth collectors.  Current and increasing future demand will never be satisfied by the dwindling numbers of the truly top grade specimens such as this beauty, hence their constantly increasing prices each year.

Megalodon teeth found in rivers are almost always heavily eroded and worn from the high energy environment in which they were subjected to.  They usually have dull, sand-blasted enamel, peeling back from the core.  The roots are often damaged.  While we strictly avoid Megalodon teeth with restoration or repair, Caveat emptor as some Megalodon teeth in many dealers' inventories in the larger sizes and "seemingly" fine qualities have repair or restoration and this is not often disclosed to the buyer accurately either because of ignorance or dishonesty.