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Group of four pufferfish. When alive the spines are poisonous, but when dead, they are considered a delicacy in Japan.
 The smallest is 5.5 to 8.5 cm including tail
 The middle is 10.5 by 16 cm including tail
 The largest is 16 by 23 cm including tail
 The parrot fish, as it is also known, is 8 x 16 cm including tail

East Asia

Pufferfish - tetradontidae

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Object

Fossilised animal

Fossil tooth

Amber

Fossil teeth

Fossil skeleton

Fossil matrix

Fossilised plant

Raw mineral

Fossil bone

Fossilised shell

Fossil plate matrix

Fossil fragment

Fossilised jaw

Fossil carapace

Fossilised wood

Carved mineral

Fossil skull

Fossil vertebra bone

Earrings

Fossilised claw

Fossil cabochon

Fossil mortality plate

Metaphysical stones

Fossilised egg

Fossil molar

Country of origin

Morocco

Madagascar

Indonesia

China

North America

Asia

Netherlands

Lebanon

Myanmar

Canada

Russia

Brazil

Baltic states

Algeria

Australia

Czech Republic

South Africa

Material

Silver

Gold-plated

Stone

Gender

Women

Unisex

Condition

Natural

Restored

Enhanced

Reassembled

As new - unused

Composed

Manipulated

Excellent condition - barely used with minimal signs of wear

Reconstructed

Good condition

Good condition - used with some signs of wear

Fair condition

Period

Cretaceous (145 - 66 million years)

Cretaceous, Upper (100.5 - 66 million years)

Neogene, Miocene (23.03 - 5.33 million years)

Paleogene, Eocene (56 - 33.9 million years)

Quaternary, Pleistocene (2.58 - 0.0117 million years)

Cretaceous, Lower (145 - 100.5 million years)

Devonian (419.2 - 358.9 million years)

Triassic (251.9 - 201.3 million years)

Neogene (23.03 - 2.58 million years)

Jurassic (201.3 - 145 million years)

Jurassic, Lower (201.3 - 174.1 million years)

Ordovician (485.4 - 443.8 million years)

Jurassic, Upper (163.5 - 145 million years)

Devonian, Middle (393.3 - 382.7 million years)

Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 million years)

Triassic, Lower (251.9 - 247.2 million years)

Triassic, Middle (247.2 - 237 million years)

Devonian, Lower (419.2 - 393.3 million years)

Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 million years)

Quaternary, Holocene (0.0117 - 0 million years)

Jurassic, Middle (174.1 - 163.5 million years)

Ordovician, Middle (470 - 458.4 million years)

Cambrian, Series 2 (521 - 509 million years)

Cenozoic (66 - 0 million years)

Neogene, Pliocene (5.33 - 2.58 million years)

Coral

Natural Pearl

Pearl

Amethyst

Topaz

Tourmaline

Jade

Certification

No laboratory report

Style

Mesopotamian

Baroque

Faceted cut

Oval and Drop

Round

Pear

Exact colour

White

Mineral

Labradorite

Mineral form

Freeform

Geode

Culture

Berbère

Pearl luster

Good

Fair

Pearl surface quality

Lightly spotted

Clean

Size on item

53 (EU) / 13 (IT) / 6 ¼ (US)

57 (EU) / 17 (IT) / 8 (US)

56 (EU) / 16 (IT) / 7 ½ (US)

58 (EU) / 18 (IT) / 8 ¼ (US)

After 2000

1900-2000

Before 1400

1400-1900

Treatment

Conserved

Polished

Composite

Original/ Replica

Original/official

Refurbished original

Reproduction/replica

Specimen

Megalodon

Dinosaur

Mosasaur

Trilobite

Ammonite

Marine reptile

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