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Cut and polished letter holder with two slots at the rear and set with a Goniatite specimen. 452 grams, 83 mm



Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

Translucent orange amber with an insect. 2.42 grams, 40 mm



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Majungasaurus crenatissimus with light brown enamel and featuring clear serrations on both curving edges, the serrations on the back edges being larger. 0.28 grams, 14 mm



From a Gloucestershire, UK, fossil specialist. From a West London gentleman collector.

Majungasaurus was the largest predator in its environment and the last non-avian dinosaur to go extinct during the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event, possibly specialising in hunting sauropods. It had a short snout, possibly very short forelimbs, and stocky hind legs; adults were around 7 meters long and weighed over 1 tonne.

Comprising: adamite from Durango, Mexico; hemimorphite from Chihuahua, Mexico; blue fluorite; pink corundum in matrix; rock crystal; a cleaved fluorite octahedron with blue banding; orange 'hedgehog' calcite specimen; vanadinite, and others. 655 grams total, 24-86 mm



From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.

Comprising an irregular specimen of iron (IAB) meteorite. 1.47 grams, 12 mm



From Chaco Province, Argentina, the fall was discovered in 1576. Previously in a private collection formed in the 2000s. Acquired at auction in the UK. Property of a West Sussex, UK, gentleman.

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.

Irregular block of pyrite with characteristic striations. 5 kg, 22 cm



From Peru. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.

Translucent orange amber with a fly inclusion. 0.66 grams, 17 mm



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Composed of tubular and coin-shaped beads interspersed with granulated metal collars, restrung. 37.42 grams, 48 cm



Ex West London, UK, collection, 1990s.

Comprising eight Otodus obliquus teeth mounted on a synthetic or matrix base. 1.55 kg, 18 cm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.

Polished slice with fanciful facial image at the centre, viewable from both sides. 80 grams, 92 mm



From Brazil. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.

Fragment of the skull of an adult woolly mammoth (E. primigenius) tooth-sockets in jaw and portion of the associated brain pan. 1.32 kg total, 23.5 cm



From Doggerland, the now disappeared land bridge between the UK and the Netherlands. Dredged from the North Sea by Dutch fisherman. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.

Translucent pale yellow copal with an ant, several flying insects and some other inclusions. 18.4 grams, 66 mm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.