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Very Large British Cardinia Fossil Ocean Floor Display
Jurassic Period, circa 201-202 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
A plate of natural, unpolished Cardinia sp. fossil bivalves from the Frodingham formation; accompanied by a display stand. 17.7 kg total, 50 cm
From the exhausted Coningsby Quarry, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK. -
Polished Copal with Insects Group
Carboniferous Period, circa 3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising three cut and polished copal specimens, each with small insect and other inclusions. 10.19 grams total, 32-44 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Group of Fossil Sand Shark Teeth
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising over seventy teeth. 52 grams total, 15-28 mm
From a Norfolk, UK, collection. -
'Bwana Mkubwa Mine' Malachite Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Cut section of malachite showing contrasting banding. 1.8 kg, 14.5 cm
From Bwana Mkubwa Mine, Ndola, Zambia. De-acquisitioned from a private Cornwall, UK, collection.) -
Knightia Fossil Fish on Matrix Group
Eocene Period, circa 58-36 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising three rounded matrices, each with a Knightia alta specimen. 194 grams total, 70-85 mm
From Wyoming, USA. Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Polished Fossil Goniatite Lidded Pot
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A cylindrical pot with a domed lid carved from fossiliferous stone and the lid set with a Goniatite sp. 235 grams, 61 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 134 grams, 58 cm
London, UK, collection, 2000s.
The mammoth lineage branched from the Asian elephant around 6 million years ago, and later on the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, evolved in eastern Siberia. Woolly mammoths, being slightly smaller than living African elephants, were foragers and ate grass, as well as small, nutritious flowering plants that flourished in the environment where they lived. They may also have used their curved tusks to dig through snow and eat plants that other foragers were unable to reach. -
Cut Agate Crystal Geode Half Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising one hundred miniature geode halves, suitable for crafting. 746 grams total, 20-36 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Natural Ruby in Zoisite Mineral Specimen Group [50]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising fifty irregular, unpolished specimens. 958 grams total, 15-34 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Polished Fossil Goniatite Trinket Box
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A rectangular lidded box carved from fossiliferous stone, the lid set with a larger Goniatite specimen. 578 grams, 90 mm
From Morocco, West Africa. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Calcite Stalagmite Fragment
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A large section of white stalagmite displaying natural rippling. 7.28 kg, 47 cm
Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Large Quartz Rock Crystal Point Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising a number of large, mainly clear prismatic points. 1.37 kg total, 7.2-11.2 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.