15% Off Amethyst & Madgascar Ammonites This Week. A rock from your driveway is worth significantly less than a rock brought back from the moon, one was recovered very easily with almost no expense, the other cost a significant amount both in money and risk to the people recovering it.  For that reason shark teeth found in dangerous locations such as dark water rivers often command a higher price than beach found teeth, etc.

Large Megalodon teeth can be very valuable, so there is a huge incentive to “enhance” a tooth, often artificially lengthening it. There are collectors that specialize in collecting Megalodon teeth with pathologies.

The final reason that megalodon teeth can be expensive is they often go through a multi level supply chain.  In an upcoming article I will describe how the average megalodon tooth gets to an end customer but each time it changes hands that party needs to make a profit, the more levels the higher price the end consumer pays.  Most teeth are purchased from the person who recovered it and resold at least once, in some cases four to five times, this can add a significant expense and make the megalodon tooth much more expensive for the final owner.

Teeth get progressively more rare as size increases, so the price also increases. While this may not matter if you are just buying a Megalodon tooth as a present for a kid or to display on your shelf, it is very important to collectors. It found its way into The Child’s Christmas stocking last year.

Dark Water Megs has megalodon teeth for sale as well as other fossilized shark teeth for sale. Tip – Is the tip worn? can command a higher price simply because they are more rare than the average grey or black teeth from the US or the common tan color teeth from Morocco. In my opinion there is no such thing as a perfect megalodon tooth, each one will have some wear, a chipped serration, enamel cracking, root pitting, or some other flaw.  At the same time I think it is ridiculous to look at something that came out of an apex predator millions of years ago and not be inspired and amazed. A question I get all the time is "how much is this megalodon tooth worth?" I highlight some of those issues.  But fundamentally one thing that makes megalodon teeth expensive is the inhospitable or dangers conditions in which they are currently found. Weight - In addition to length overall size makes a difference. How much is a megalodon tooth worth?

“Wow that is a real megalodon tooth and I can have it for that small amount of money?” Serrations – Are they visible and complete? Good luck finding a 7 inch tooth for sale. I am going to attempt to answer this question by outlining the major factors that go into putting a valuation on a megalodon tooth or other fossilized shark tooth.

Others might say that each one is a fantastic piece of our history and is priceless. Location can be a factor as it usually correlates to the rarity of the teeth themselves, for instance the Pacific dredge teeth are generally more expensive than the Moroccan mine teeth, simply because the Pacific teeth are no longer readily available and the Moroccan teeth are being recovered by the tens of thousands. There are many factors that go into the value of a megalodon tooth.

#5 Multi Level Supply Chain Wider, larger, heavier teeth are more valuable.

Unique Coloration - Sometimes a tooth will have a unique coloration for the site it was found and these teeth will command premiums. You never know the true size of these restored/enhanced teeth. Bigger is better, not always the case but most people purchase megalodon teeth as a collector's item that will be displayed and looked at.  While a 1" fossil mako tooth is a historical item millions of years old that deserves admiration, it often does not get the "WOW" factor that a 3-5" megalodon of the same time period would get. Its name was given in 1843 by Jean Louis Agassiz, a Swiss geologist, glaciologist and paleontologist, but also a very important innovator in the study of Earth's natural history. One process often used to clean Megalodon teeth is to buff it to clean the surface and this will often add a little shine to the enamel too.

How sharp or worn are they? The colors of shark teeth we find todaywere imparted on the tooth via different mineral  compositions during the fossilization process.  The mineral composition of the ocean bottom the shark tooth landed in and remained in throughout it's existence determined the color of the tooth and if it was fossilized or simply decomposed.

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