Eclectic | New York
Eclectic | New York
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A LARGE MURAL OF FOSSILIZED SAINT-JACQUES SHELLS.
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May 1, 06:19 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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A LARGE MURAL OF FOSSILIZED SAINT-JACQUES SHELLS.
LACOSTE QUARRY, VAUCLUSE, SOUTHERN FRANCE
Gigantopectens restitutensis, Burdigalien, early Miocene period (20-16 million years ago). An elegant large, ivory-colored mural.
Approx. 78 by 43 3/10 in. (198 by 110 cm.)
Fossilized scallops (Gigantopectens restitutensis), also known as Saint-Jacques shells, are found in the carbonate platforms of the Miocene. It took hundreds of painstaking hours to reveal the delicate fossils — nothing compared to the millions of years taken by nature to create this elegantly sculptural fossil.