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A spectacular egg of Elephant Bird, scientific name Aepyornis Maximum.
All the pieces that compose it are part of the same egg, there are no parts added from other eggs.
Aepyornis is an extinct giant bird lived in Madagascar until the 1700s. It could reach 3 m in height and weigh more than 500 kg. The eggs were approx. 30 cm high with a circumference of 70 cm at least.

Dimensions: 310x250x250 mm
Weight: 1960 g
Dating: 1700
Origin: Madagascar

QUATERNARY-Pleistocene (0.01–2.58 million years) - Madagascar

Extinct Elephant Bird Egg, re-constructed - all fragments of the same egg - Aepyornis Maximus - 310×250×250 mm

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Fossil tooth

Fossilised animal

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Fossil fragment

Fossil bone

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Fossilised shell

Fossilised jaw

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Fossil molar

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Fossil vertebra bone

Fossil mortality plate

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Fossilised egg

Country of origin

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Material

Silver

Gender

Women

Unisex

Condition

Natural

Restored

Enhanced

As new - unused

Reassembled

Composed

Manipulated

Good condition

Excellent condition - barely used with minimal signs of wear

Hand carved

Reconstructed

Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes

Period

Cretaceous (145 - 66 million years)

Cretaceous, Upper (100.5 - 66 million years)

Neogene, Miocene (23.03 - 5.33 million years)

Cretaceous, Lower (145 - 100.5 million years)

Neogene (23.03 - 2.58 million years)

Paleogene, Eocene (56 - 33.9 million years)

Devonian (419.2 - 358.9 million years)

Quaternary, Pleistocene (2.58 - 0.0117 million years)

Triassic (251.9 - 201.3 million years)

Jurassic (201.3 - 145 million years)

Devonian, Middle (393.3 - 382.7 million years)

Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 million years)

Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 million years)

Ordovician (485.4 - 443.8 million years)

Jurassic, Middle (174.1 - 163.5 million years)

Triassic, Middle (247.2 - 237 million years)

Jurassic, Lower (201.3 - 174.1 million years)

Paleogene (66 - 23.03 million years)

Jurassic, Upper (163.5 - 145 million years)

Triassic, Lower (251.9 - 247.2 million years)

Devonian, Lower (419.2 - 393.3 million years)

Ordovician, Middle (470 - 458.4 million years)

Cambrian (541 - 485.4 million years)

Permian, Cisuralian (298.9 - 272.95 million years)

Mesozoic (251.9 - 66 million years)

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Coral

Natural Pearl

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Lapis lazuli

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No laboratory report

Style

Paleolithic

Art Deco

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Cabochon cut

Oval

Exact colour

White

Mineral

Labradorite

Citrine

Mineral form

Geode

Freeform

After 2000

1900-2000

Before 1400

Treatment

Conserved

Polished

Size on item

Adjustable

55 (EU) / 15 (IT) / 7 ¼ (US)

56 (EU) / 16 (IT) / 7 ½ (US)

52 (EU) / 12 (IT) / 6 (US)

60 (EU) / 20 (IT) / 9 (US)

Large (18 - 18.5 cm)

Pearl surface quality

Lightly spotted

Clean

Pearl luster

Good

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Original/official

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Megalodon

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