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Fossil Shark Tooth

Fossilized shark teeth stained black, gray or brown by minerals as they lay buried.

Fossil Shark Tooth specimen
Photo: Wilson44691, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

How to identify fossil shark tooth

  • Triangular tooth with shiny enamel and a root.
  • Usually dark from mineral staining.
  • Often serrated edges.

Often confused with

Where it's found

  • Venice, Florida
  • Calvert Cliffs, Maryland
  • South Carolina rivers
  • Morocco

Uses

Collecting and jewelry.

Rock tumbling

Not suitable for tumbling.

Did you know?

A shark can shed tens of thousands of teeth in its lifetime — which is why they're so common.

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