SH6-372 - CHOICE GRADE RED AND GREEN TORTOISESHELL 5.25 INCH MEGALODON SHARK TOOTH

Product Description

ID

Carcharocles megalodon

FOUND

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

AGE

MIOCENE to PLIOCENE:
  23.3 - 1.81 million years ago

SIZE

5.25" long on the diagonal edge

CONDITION

NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION.

NOTE

UNUSUAL PATTERNED LARGE 
COLORFUL BEAUTY OF TWO 
DIFFERENT COLORS ON EACH 
SIDE.  SHARP SERRATIONS.
AMAZING SWIRLING AND 
MOTTLED PATTERNS ON
LABIAL SIDE.

INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX

Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of
authenticity / information sheet

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The massive Megalodon shark is one of the largest and most fearsome predators that ever existed in the ancient seas.  Owning a genuine, fine quality tooth from these terrible creatures of prehistory is the pride of many collectors.  This high grade tooth came from the famous shark known scientifically as Carcharocles megalodon - the largest and deadliest shark that ever lived!  This spectacular specimen is loaded with so many features desired by advanced Megalodon tooth collectors.  Teeth like these are getting certainly harder to come by in today's market.  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. 

Collectors of Megalodon teeth not only look to size and condition, but unique colors or phenomena about a tooth can really drive fanciers wild and this tooth is an example of that.  River teeth in red command a very strong demand and premium due to their scarcity and beauty and are the rarest and most desired of fossil shark tooth colors from river deposits.  This tooth comes from a certain deposit of the St. Mary's River system where the fossil teeth developed a rich copper brown to blood red color in the enamel.  These teeth sometimes also display large spotting and / or an incredible reflective chatoyance.  The minerals and tannins in the water make for this unique trait but only in certain areas of this river system and those deposits are few and far between.  This is one of those rare teeth.

This is simply a STUNNING Megalodon tooth.  It shows warm gray green color with red blushes on one side.  The opposing labial side shows an intense tortoiseshell pattern of swirling copper red and green beneath.  It is not only OVER the magic 5 inch mark, but it shows the most in-demand colors of river Megalodon teeth with red hues and highly unusual patterns.  Very few teeth are ever found with such desirable traits as this prize!!!  Root is solid and stabilized and a light medium brown color.  The tooth is complete and has NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION.  Definitely, a tooth with unique and highly aesthetic features seldom seen!

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 dealers' inventories have repair or restoration which GREATLY diminishes the value.  This is not often disclosed to the buyer accurately.

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