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GRADE 10 INVESTMENT CLASS 5.1 INCH LARGE BROAD SILVER BLUE CHATOYANT MEGALODON SHARK TOOTH Beaufort, South Carolina, U.S.A. MIOCENE to PLIOCENE PERIOD: 23.3 - 1.81 million years ago This GRADE 10 (highest grade) large fossil shark tooth is from the jaws of a huge Megalodon shark! 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 10 specimens such as this beauty, hence their constantly increasing prices each year. This is truly an INVESTMENT CLASS BEAUTY! While most teeth of this size class are not very good quality, this specimen has every feature well-preserved with premium beauty features that put it in a class that seldom Megalodon teeth can claim. At 5.1 inches, this GRADE 10 example is beyond 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 popularity of "1 carat" when it comes to diamonds. The enamel is superb with chatoyant blue as a base highlighted by overtones of green and gold. The enamel's color and shading patterns along with an amazing luster producing a silvery, chatoyant effect in strong light make this a magical piece to hold in your hand and admire. The jet black bourlette is 100% present. The complete, full root is extremely well-preserved. Amazingly crisp serrations are present. An extremely small natural feeding wear nick on the extreme tip and light natural feeding wear on the otherwise sharp serrations are faint evidence of the violent force that such a large shark like this must have inflicted during feeding attacks. Images above demonstrate rare conditions for a tooth of this size such as complete unbroken serrated edges where the serrations run to the edge meeting the root. This intact nature of the condition of the crown where it meets the root is often damaged in the majority of teeth this size. Many teeth this size have breakage or severe damage to this delicate area but this is NOT the case with this specimen. This specimen has absolutely NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION. Megalodon teeth have ALREADY proven their rock-solid value appreciation in price during the last decade when they possess such spectacular and remarkable beauty in such large proportions as this tooth. Only teeth WITH NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION that have these premium features will appreciate in value but appreciate in value, THEY CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO DO! 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 and the color is almost always the boring, common black. This tooth is amongst THE FINEST Megalodon teeth found. While we strictly avoid teeth with restoration, Caveat emptor as several Megalodon teeth in dealers' inventories in this size class have SOME repair or restoration.
INVESTMENT GRADE HUGE AND BEAUTIFUL BROAD MEAT-SHEARING TOOTH FROM THE FRONT OF THE UPPER JAW - SILVERY BLUE ENAMEL! 5.1" in length on the diagonal edge SOLD SH6-154 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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At a length of 52 feet
and weighing in excess of 60 tons, Carcharocles megalodon was the second
largest predator that ever existed on this planet, the largest being the
sperm whale. Megalodon was larger and heavier than T. rex.
Scientific reconstructions of this shark estimate the dorsal fin 5.5
feet tall, the pectoral fins at 10 feet in length and the tail over 12
feet high. If you were unfortunate enough to have a megalodon swim
over you, the pectoral fins would measure 30 feet from tip to tip with a
torso in excess of 10 feet thick! The jaws were so large that
this shark would be able to swallow a Rhinoceros whole. A
predator this size would have most likely fed on large marine
vertebrates, especially whales. Fossil teeth have been found in
excess of 7 inches in length! Megalodon teeth are similar in
geometry to the modern White Shark and scientists are still passionately
divided on the origin of the two species and if megalodon is related to
the modern white shark. It is also not fully understood why this
giant killer became extinct but we can all be glad it is. A day at
the beach just wouldn't be what it is today!