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LOT 2360
Cut and Polished Ammonite Display Pair
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 199-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 - 4 in. (218 grams total, 9.9-10.2 cm).
The ammonite showing the internal gas chambers, some with crystallisation. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Very Large Cut Natural Unpolished Fossilised Tree Trunk Slice
Triassic Period, 251-199 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
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Restrung, using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius spherical bone beads. 155 grams, 58 cm
Ex Ancient Art Shop, Windsor, UK, 1990s. Ex private West County, UK, collection.
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. -
Round Amethyst Crystal Geode with Polished Borders
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,100
An unusual rounded geode section with stalagmite-like formations of calcite and quartz rising from the base, polished borders revealing the celadonite shell with some exterior basalt visible; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 17.5 kg total, 29.5 cm high including stand
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