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Choice Fossil Fish Assemblage

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Rocks, Fossils & Minerals Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Choice Fossil Fish Assemblage
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350.00USDto b*********r+ buyer's premium (73.50)
This item SOLD at 2018 Mar 16 @ 10:31UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Four separate fossil fish from the famous Eocene Green River shales. This group is among the finest you'll ever see from the "split-fish" section of the shale, approximately 18" thick in some places. The shales also have a more petroleum-rich layer at the bottom, which are hand curated by the use of micro tools to remove compressed shale, and these are typically much darker in appearance. This group contains: a) 7.5" Diplomystus; b) 7.5" Mioplosis; c) 7" Phareodus; d) a pair of fish: a 6" Prisicara and 4" Kinghtia. The group has been professionally mounted on board with custom cut matting (which will need replacement). Overall prepared size 23" x 28". 20 pounds, approximately. The Green River shales are mined by leases. Many of the leases are now closed. This group of four is as good as any of the same size as I've seen over 40 years of attending the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show.-fh Date: Location: HWAC# 56606