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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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Size

S (10–40 cm)

XS (under 10 cm)

M (40–80 cm)

L (over 80 cm)

Dimensions

Height

Width

Depth

Object

Fossilised animal

Fossil tooth

Amber

Fossil skeleton

Fossilised plant

Raw mineral

Metaphysical stones

Fossil matrix

Fossilised shell

Fossil teeth

Fossil fragment

Carved mineral

Fossil carapace

Fossilised wood

Fossil molar

Fossilised jaw

Necklace

Earrings

Fossil plate matrix

Fossil bone

Fossil mortality plate

Fossil skull

Fossil vertebra bone

Taxidermy replica mount

Bracelet

Country of origin

Morocco

Madagascar

Indonesia

China

North America

Asia

Brazil

Lebanon

Myanmar

Netherlands

Canada

Peru

Africa

Afghanistan

Algeria

Australia

Russia

Material

Silver

Gold-plated

Yellow gold

Resin

Gender

Women

Unisex

Condition

Natural

Restored

Enhanced

As new - unused

Reassembled

Manipulated

Good condition

Composed

Reconstructed

As new

Excellent 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)

Cretaceous, Lower (145 - 100.5 million years)

Paleogene, Eocene (56 - 33.9 million years)

Jurassic (201.3 - 145 million years)

Jurassic, Lower (201.3 - 174.1 million years)

Triassic (251.9 - 201.3 million years)

Jurassic, Upper (163.5 - 145 million years)

Quaternary, Pleistocene (2.58 - 0.0117 million years)

Ordovician (485.4 - 443.8 million years)

Devonian, Middle (393.3 - 382.7 million years)

Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 million years)

Devonian, Lower (419.2 - 393.3 million years)

Triassic, Middle (247.2 - 237 million years)

Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 million years)

Ordovician, Middle (470 - 458.4 million years)

Ordovician, Lower (485.4 - 470 million years)

Silurian (443.8 - 419.2 million years)

Paleogene, Paleocene (66 - 56 million years)

Paleogene, Oligocene (33.9 - 23.03 million years)

Triassic, Lower (251.9 - 247.2 million years)

Triassic, Upper (237 - 201.3 million years)

Stone

Coral

Pearl

Natural Pearl

Onyx

Blood Coral

Freshwater cultured pearl

Certification

No laboratory report

Edition

1st Edition

Baroque

Round

Oval and Drop

Exact colour

White

Mineral

Amethyst

Citrine

Mineral form

Geode

Carving

Freeform

After 2000

Before 1400

Treatment

Conserved

Polished

Composite

Pearl surface quality

Clean

Lightly spotted

Pearl luster

Good

Size on item

Large (18 - 18.5 cm)

55 (EU) / 15 (IT) / 7 ¼ (US)

56 (EU) / 16 (IT) / 7 ½ (US)

Original/ Replica

Original/official

Refurbished original

Specimen

Ammonite

Trilobite

Megalodon

Mosasaur

Spinosaur

Dinosaur

Fish

Marine reptile

Shark

Crinoid

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