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THBTwo Fossilized Megalodon Teeth w/ Gorgeous Gradients
Lot 86
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Fossils, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Fine art, and much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Ancient Seas, Middle Miocene to end of Pliocene eras, ca. 28 to 1.5 million years ago. A striking pair of fossilized megalodon shark teeth with matte taupe roots and reflective enamel. Boasting a lustrous enamel as a natural benefit of the fossilization process, one of the teeth presents a charcoal grey bourlette and a mottled pale grey and sienna enamel striped with recessed vertical striations. Alternatively, the other tooth displays a stunning gradient on its enamel with black at the center that fades to a wonderful hue of a pale bluish-grey with speckles of cream and tawny tan at its periphery. The edges of both still retain many of their sharp, ridged serrations. Size of tooth with gradient enamel: 4.35" L x 3.36" W (11 cm x 8.5 cm); 4.25" H (10.8 cm) on included custom stand; Size of tooth with grey enamel: 4.46" L x 3.35" W (11.3 cm x 8.5 cm); 4.5" H (11.4 cm) on included custom stand.
Megalodons were among the largest predators the ocean ever saw, but their teeth are the only parts that have survived since their cartilage bodies could not fossilize. Interestingly, medieval people believed that these strange teeth were moon rocks or dragon's tongues!
Provenance: ex-Savannah, Georgia, USA collection
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#160848Both have peeling of enamel, as well as nicks and chips to peripheries. Light losses to root of tooth with gradient enamel as a result of the fossilization process. The front enamel of tooth with gradient has also been polished to a glassy finish. Otherwise, both are excellent and intact.Condition
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