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LOT 0398
Detailed Fossil Ammonite Display
JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN, CIRCA 184.2-174.7 MILLION YEARS B.P.
25 3/8 in. (50.1 kg, 64.5 cm).
An impressive freestanding structure containing scallop and belemnite fossils, as well as Hammatoceras and Grammoceras sp. ammonites showing strong ribbing, the largest specimen measuring 23 cm in diameter. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith Science & Natural History, South Kensington, 27 April 2017, no.27.
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Fossil Psiloceras Ammonites in Matrix
Jurassic Period, circa 200 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising three Psiloceras planorbis specimens on a cut matrix. 950 grams, 20.5 cm
From Watchet, Somerset, UK. 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. -
Dactylioceras Fossil Ammonites
Lower Jurassic Period, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A matrix containing multiple fossils and two clear Dactylioceras specimens. 140 grams, 90 mm
From Germany. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Uncut Natural Sapphire Crystal Group [4]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising four light blue specimens. 10 grams total, 12-17 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.