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LOT 2326
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
12 7/8 in. (7.1 grams, 32.5 cm).
Composed of short cylindrical beads with a teardrop-shaped pendant, restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s-early 2000s.
Ex London, UK, collection.
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Fossil Knightia Fish Plate
Eocene Period, circa 58-36 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Showing two Knightia alta fish on a rectangular limestone matrix with a partial third fish. 1.14 kg total, 20.5 x 14.5 cm
From Wyoming, USA. From the private collection of a Devon, UK, lady.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah), in the Green River Formation, are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Uinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time. -
Fossil Lobster and London Clay Crab Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 100-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising: the body of a crab with remnants of the front claw; a large section of a fossilised lobster. 184 grams total, 5-11.3 cm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Fossil Asaphus Trilobite in Matrix
Middle Ordovician, circa 470-458 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Asaphus plautini with a semicircular headshield and tailshield separated by well-defined ribs. 140 grams, 76 mm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
