117.66 CTS MEGALDON SHARK TOOTH FOSSIL [MGW5682]

Description

MINERAL GEM WORLD

MEGALODON SHARK TOOTH

THIS IS A NATURAL MEGALODON TOOTH WHICH CAN BE WORN AS A PENDANT OR KEPT AS A SPECIMEN.THIS FEROCIOUS SHARK WAS KING OF THE OCEAN 5 TO 15 MILLION YEARS AGO IN THE MIOCENE AND PLIOCENE PERIODS.SOME OF THESE CREATURES GREW TO OVER 50 FEET LONG AND WEIGHED MANY TONS.THE LARGEST TOOTH FOUND TO DATE MEASURED 7 INCHS LONG.THIS TOOTH WAS FOUND IN CAROLINA IN THE USA BY SCUBA DIVERS.APP 10,000 TEETH A YEAR ARE DISCOVERED BUT ONLY 5 TO 10 % ARE INTACT-GREAT COLLECTORS ITEM.

up date-according to the collector this specimen was found in the mouth of the river in the sea at a depth around 100 feet making it more expensive and dangerous for the divers to find.