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Skull of a swordfish (Xiphias gladius) with rostrum (sword) and lower jaw.
This fish was caught in the second half of the 20th century.
The skull is 20 x 10 cm. and the rostrum (sword) is 45 x 5 cm.
slight damage to the middle of the sword, see pictures.

family - Xiphiidae
sex - Xiphias
The Swordfish belongs to the perciformes. It is the only living member of the family xiphiidae and thus the only member of the genus xiphias. This fish can grow up to 4.5 metres in size and weigh more than 600 kilos. The sword is not used to pierce its prey, though, but to reduce the hydrodynamic resistance. The fish can be found in the Great Atlantic and Indian Oceans and in the Mediterranean and has a depth range of 0 to 800 m.

New Guinea

Skull of a swordfish with rostrum - 65 x 10 cm

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Fossilised jaw

Fossilised egg

Pendant

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Fossilised tusk

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Fossilised claw

Country of origin

Morocco

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Asia

Myanmar

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Material

Silver

Yellow gold

Gender

Women

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Condition

Natural

Restored

Enhanced

As new - unused

Reassembled

Composed

Manipulated

Excellent condition - barely used with minimal signs of wear

Reconstructed

Good condition

Hand carved

Cast

Excellent condition

Good condition - used with some signs of wear

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)

Devonian (419.2 - 358.9 million years)

Cretaceous, Lower (145 - 100.5 million years)

Neogene (23.03 - 2.58 million years)

Jurassic (201.3 - 145 million years)

Triassic (251.9 - 201.3 million years)

Quaternary, Pleistocene (2.58 - 0.0117 million years)

Jurassic, Upper (163.5 - 145 million years)

Jurassic, Lower (201.3 - 174.1 million years)

Ordovician (485.4 - 443.8 million years)

Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 million years)

Devonian, Middle (393.3 - 382.7 million years)

Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 million years)

Silurian (443.8 - 419.2 million years)

Triassic, Lower (251.9 - 247.2 million years)

Triassic, Middle (247.2 - 237 million years)

Cambrian (541 - 485.4 million years)

Paleogene, Paleocene (66 - 56 million years)

Devonian, Lower (419.2 - 393.3 million years)

Permian (298.9 - 251.9 million years)

Jurassic, Middle (174.1 - 163.5 million years)

Neogene, Pliocene (5.33 - 2.58 million years)

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Certification

No laboratory report

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Fineness

18 kt.

Style

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Paleolithic

Exact colour

White

Mineral

Amethyst

Mineral form

Geode

After 2000

Before 1400

1900-2000

Specimen

Dinosaur

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Woolly Mammoth

Spinosaur

Starfish

Sabre-toothed Cat

Crab

Crocodile

Carcharodontosaur

Goniatite

Theropod

Mollusc

Crustacea

Spiny Trilobite

Provenance

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Private Collection

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