Nautiloids

Somerset Nautilus polished halves

Ref: NA 003

Price: £22.50 ex. VAT

This Nautilus has been cut thru and the cut surfaces polished to reveal the structure of the inner chambers with some fossilisation in calcite. The reverse of one half is covered by matrix. The other is clear and shows the original whorls.

The halves vary slightly in size, measuring approx H 10 x 8 x D 2 cm at the keel and H 9.5 x W 7.5 x D 2 cm at the keel. The Nautilus comes from Ilminster in Somerset and is approx 170 million years old.