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Big Crab. Rare example.


SPECIES


Potamon sp.


AGE


Pleistocene (400.000+ years)


LOCATION


Denizli Basin, Southwest Turkey


FORMATION


Travertine Deposits


WEIGHT

674 Gr.


SIZE

Crab 64 mm * 35 mm * 20 mm


Rock 120 mm x 90 mm x 35 mm


This is a spectacular fossil freshwater crab (Potamon sp) preserved in travertine from the Denizli Basin in Southwest Turkey. The crab itself is 6.5 cm wide and exhibits amazingly detailed, 3d preservation. It's totally coated and preserved as a three-dimensional outer cast within a natural cavity of a white travertine matrix. It is covered by an inorganic film of calcium carbonate.


Travertine is a type of limestone that forms around mineral springs. It is often quarried for use as a building material, and that is how these crabs were discovered, during the quarrying of the stone slabs. The travertine deposits in the Denizli Basin are Pleistocene in age, having been formed within the past 400,000 years.

Quaternary, Pleistocene (2.58 - 0.0117 million years) - Turkey

Crab - Fossil skeleton - 120 mm - 90 mm  (No Reserve Price)

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Fossil tooth

Fossilised animal

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Fossil teeth

Fossil skeleton

Fossil matrix

Fossil skull

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Fossil fragment

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Fossilised plant

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Fossil mortality plate

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Country of origin

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North America

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Netherlands

China

Myanmar

Brazil

Lebanon

Canada

U.S.

South America

Algeria

Russia

South Africa

Turkey

Africa

Material

Silver

Gold-plated

Resin

Yellow gold

Gender

Women

Unisex

Condition

Natural

Restored

Enhanced

Good condition

As new - unused

Composed

Reconstructed

Manipulated

Cast

Reassembled

Excellent condition - barely used with minimal signs of wear

Excellent condition

Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes

Fair condition

Period

Cretaceous (145 - 66 million years)

Cretaceous, Upper (100.5 - 66 million years)

Neogene (23.03 - 2.58 million years)

Neogene, Miocene (23.03 - 5.33 million years)

Devonian (419.2 - 358.9 million years)

Paleogene, Eocene (56 - 33.9 million years)

Cretaceous, Lower (145 - 100.5 million years)

Quaternary, Pleistocene (2.58 - 0.0117 million years)

Triassic (251.9 - 201.3 million years)

Jurassic (201.3 - 145 million years)

Jurassic, Upper (163.5 - 145 million years)

Jurassic, Lower (201.3 - 174.1 million years)

Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 million years)

Devonian, Middle (393.3 - 382.7 million years)

Ordovician (485.4 - 443.8 million years)

Quaternary (2.58 - 0 million years)

Triassic, Middle (247.2 - 237 million years)

Devonian, Lower (419.2 - 393.3 million years)

Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 million years)

Jurassic, Middle (174.1 - 163.5 million years)

Neogene, Pliocene (5.33 - 2.58 million years)

Triassic, Lower (251.9 - 247.2 million years)

Permian (298.9 - 251.9 million years)

Mesozoic (251.9 - 66 million years)

Cambrian, Miaolingian (509 - 497 million years)

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Certification

No laboratory report

Non-CITES species

Fineness

18 kt.

Signature

Not signed

Baroque

Faceted cut

Cabochon cut

Round

Oval

Exact colour

White

Mineral

Aventurine

Labradorite

Mineral form

Geode

Freeform

Pearl luster

Good

Very good

Pearl surface quality

Lightly spotted

Clean

Size on item

Adjustable

Large (18 - 18.5 cm)

58 (EU) / 18 (IT) / 8 ¼ (US)

Medium (17 - 18 cm)

Large (19 cm)

After 2000

Before 1400

1900-2000

1400-1900

Treatment

Conserved

Polished

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