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LOT 2505
Fossil Otodus Shark's Tooth Necklace
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 53-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 1/4 in. (8.6 grams total, tooth: 31 mm).
Comprising an Otodus obliquus tooth made into a pendant and suspended from a cord necklace; supplied in a gift box. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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