06598 - Nicely Preserved 0.89 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Morocconites Troilite not surrounded by schreibersite

Troilite not surrounded by schreibersite

Saudi Arabia

the sample is formed by phenocrysts mostly of olivine

Barite appears in the alteration zones

Either way it is a very interesting specimen

06598 - Nicely Preserved 0.89 Inch Globidens phosphaticus (Mosasaur) Tooth on Matrix Cretaceous Morocconites Troilite not surrounded by schreibersiteNice unbroken specimen preserved in its natural phosphatic matrix. In the international market is very common to find Mosasaurus rests coming from the phosphate quarries of the Upper Cretaceous of the Ouled Abdoun Basin (Morocco). This quarries have been exploited since the beginning of the past century. Many sellers that sell this fossils do not make a good precise taxonomic identification work. In these sites there are numerous different species of