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Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,940
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A group of three fern specimens including Alethopteris sp. and Sphenopteris laurenti. 281 grams total, 76-87 mm
From the Middle Coal Measures, Clay Cross, Derbyshire, England.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
From the Middle Coal Measures, Clay Cross, Derbyshire, England.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
A Coltraneia sp. fossil trilobite; held in a white card collector's tray. 221 grams, 86 mm
From Morocco, North Africa.
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From Morocco, North Africa.
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A trio of cut Australian 'thunder egg' halves, each with the exposed face polished. 883 grams total, 77-97 mm
Agate Creek, Australia.
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Agate Creek, Australia.
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
A heteromorph fossil Spiroceras annulatum ammonite together with Neocrassina miodularis bivalves in an amorphous matrix; collector's hand written label 'Burton Bradstock 1002' to reverse; Inferior Oolite, Garantiana Zone. 972 grams, 16.5 cm
From Burton Bradstock, Dorset, UK.
Property of a Leicestershire, UK, private collector.
From Burton Bradstock, Dorset, UK.
Property of a Leicestershire, UK, private collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A nickel iron meteorite (111CD) with a composition of 92.35% iron and 6.96% nickel. 28.1 grams, 40 mm
From Nantan Nandan County, Guangxi Region, China.
From an old Lincoln, UK, collection.
See Graham, Bevan and Hutchison, Catalogue of Meteorites, Natural History Museum, 1985, p.253, for details of this fall.
The Nantan meteorite fell in 1516, as recorded in ancient Chinese texts; the fall exploded during descent which resulted in a shower of many individual iron meteorites over an area some 28km x 8km in Nantan County, Guangxi, China. Classified as an iron meteorite; 111CD Course Octohedrite, the composition is approximately 92% iron, 6% nickel and contains more than ten other minerals including kamacite, taenite, dominate, plessite, schreibersite, triolite, graphite and others.
From Nantan Nandan County, Guangxi Region, China.
From an old Lincoln, UK, collection.
See Graham, Bevan and Hutchison, Catalogue of Meteorites, Natural History Museum, 1985, p.253, for details of this fall.
The Nantan meteorite fell in 1516, as recorded in ancient Chinese texts; the fall exploded during descent which resulted in a shower of many individual iron meteorites over an area some 28km x 8km in Nantan County, Guangxi, China. Classified as an iron meteorite; 111CD Course Octohedrite, the composition is approximately 92% iron, 6% nickel and contains more than ten other minerals including kamacite, taenite, dominate, plessite, schreibersite, triolite, graphite and others.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A large cut and polished agate geode slice with some exposed crystals. 517 grams, 28.5 cm
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
A Hollardops mesacristata trilobite on a matrix. 154 grams, 75 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
From the Atlas Mountains, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A trio of Perisphinctes sp. fossil ammonites, each held in a white card collector's tray and accompanied by a Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd information label. 613 grams total, 82-89 mm
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
A large selenite crystal 'tower'. 350 grams, 34.5 cm
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
A polished fossil Ichthyosaur sp. vertebrae section in a jet matrix, partially pyritised; Upper Lias. 236 grams, 16.5 cm
From Sandsend, Whitby, North Yorkshire, UK.
Property of a Leicestershire, UK, private collector.
Ichthyosaurs (Greek for "fish lizard" - ichthus meaning "fish" and sauros meaning "lizard") were giant marine reptiles that resembled dolphins, in a textbook example of parallel evolution. They thrived during much of the Mesozoic era; based on fossil evidence, they first appeared approximately 245 million years ago and disappeared about 90 million years ago, about 25 million years before the dinosaurs became extinct.
From Sandsend, Whitby, North Yorkshire, UK.
Property of a Leicestershire, UK, private collector.
Ichthyosaurs (Greek for "fish lizard" - ichthus meaning "fish" and sauros meaning "lizard") were giant marine reptiles that resembled dolphins, in a textbook example of parallel evolution. They thrived during much of the Mesozoic era; based on fossil evidence, they first appeared approximately 245 million years ago and disappeared about 90 million years ago, about 25 million years before the dinosaurs became extinct.
A group of over 40 Iceland Spar mineral specimens; held in a cardboard box. 2.57 kg total, 35-48 mm
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
A large pyrite crystal 'paper weight'. 739 grams, 10.7 cm
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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