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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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Etched Gibeon Meteorite Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Two sawn sections showing good Widmanstatten lines and characteristic ablated surface. 8.27 grams total, 18-32 mm
From Namibia, Africa. Acquired from Rod White, UK, 2001. 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.
Gibeon is a meteorite that fell in prehistoric times in Namibia and was named after the nearest town. The meteorite was discovered by the Nama people and used by them to make tools and weapons; in 1836 the English captain J. E. Alexander collected samples in the vicinity of the Great Fish River and sent them to London. John Herschel analysed them and confirmed for the first time the extra-terrestrial nature of the material. -
Purple Amethyst Crystal Obelisk Set
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising three obelisks with facetted edges. 124 grams total, 62-65 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
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Boxed Topaz Mineral Specimen Group [14]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Each specimen with multiple crystals and set in a foam insert within a labelled specimen box. 112 grams total, 21-23 mm
From Mexico. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
