Set with several specimens of Galaticeras jacksoni, Promicroceras planicosta and juvenile Epophioceras. 245 grams, 86 mm

From Black Ven, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK, 1988.
Ex UK collection.

Mainly oblate, from Mammuthus primigenius. 129 grams, 68 cm long

From an old Lincoln, UK, collection.

Polished through the shell to reveal the calcite preserved inside and showing the dividing gas chambers of Sporadoceras sp. 330 grams, 10.8 cm

From the Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.

Ceratites sp., polished through parts of the shell to reveal some of the calcite preserved inside showing the dividing gas chambers known as sutures. 865 grams total, 11.7 cm each

From Timor, Indonesia.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.

Revealing the distinctive structure of the Cleoniceras sp. chambers, some iridescence to outer surfaces. 245 grams total, 10.2 cm each

Collected 1930-1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.

Containing several insects and other inclusions. 63 grams total, 12.3 cm

From Madagascar.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.

Comprising two amorphous Campo Del Cielo iron (IAB) meteorites. 3.21 grams total, 12-15 mm

From Chaco Province, Argentina, found 1576.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.

See Graham, Bevan and Hutchison ed., Catalogue of Meteorites, Natural History Museum, 1985, p.88, for details of this fall.

A crater field of roughly 26 craters was found in the vicinity of this crater, which is estimated to date to 4-5 thousand years BP. The age of the meteorite itself is thought to be c.4.5 billion years, formed as part of the development of this solar system. The largest two fragments, the 30.8 ton Gancedo and 28.8 ton El Chaco, are among the heaviest meteorite masses ever recovered on Earth. In 1576, the governor of a province in Northern Argentina commissioned the military to search for a large mass of iron, which it was believed the local people claimed had fallen from the sky and which they used for their weapon production. The expedition discovered a large mass of metal which was assumed to be an iron mine and brought back a few samples, which were described as being of unusual purity. Following the legends, in 1774 Don Bartolomé Francisco de Maguna rediscovered the iron mass. He himself did not believe that the stone had fallen from the sky and assumed that it had formed by a volcanic eruption. However, he sent the samples to the Royal Society of London. In 1990 it became protected by law.

Restrung using polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 136 grams, 60 cm long

Private UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.

Comprising a large fragment of fossilised dung. 1 kg total, 12.4 cm

From the Morrison Formation, Colorado, USA.
Collected 1930-1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.

A nickel iron (IAB) meteorite with irregular surfaces and a composition of 92.9% iron, 6.7% nickel. 81 grams, 40 mm

Discovered 1576 A.D., Chaco Province, Argentina.
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.

See Graham, Bevan and Hutchison ed., Catalogue of Meteorites, Natural History Museum, 1985, p.88, for details of this fall.

A crater field of roughly 26 craters was found in the vicinity of this crater, which is estimated to date to 4-5 thousand years BP. The age of the meteorite itself is thought to be c.4.5 billion years, formed as part of the development of this solar system. The largest two fragments, the 30.8 ton Gancedo and 28.8 ton El Chaco, are among the heaviest meteorite masses ever recovered on Earth. In 1576, the governor of a province in Northern Argentina commissioned the military to search for a large mass of iron, which it was believed local people claimed had fallen from the sky and which they used for their weapon production. The expedition discovered a large mass of metal which was assumed to be an iron mine and brought back a few samples, which were described as being of unusual purity. Following the legends, in 1774 Don Bartolomé Francisco de Maguna rediscovered the iron mass. He himself did not believe that the stone had fallen from the sky and assumed that it had formed by a volcanic eruption. However, he sent the samples to the Royal Society of London. In 1990 it became protected by law.

Ophiuroidea sp. on an irregular matrix. 430 grams, 16 cm

From El Kaid, Morocco.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.

Comprising three Morocops (Barrandeops) sp. on individual matrices. 240 grams total, 46-54 mm

From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco.
From an old Oxford, UK, paleontological collection.