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LOT 2283
Fossil Ammonoid Group
TRIASSIC-JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 251-174 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/8 - 3 5/8 in. (502 grams total, 79-93 mm).
Comprising: a polished Goniatite from East Timor, Indonesia; a Perisphinctes ammonite. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut Green Porphyry Strip Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Cut and polished sections, mined in Greece, cut and polished on both sides, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times. 225 grams total, 4.4-15.1 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
Also known as Lapis Lacedaemonius and Porfido Verde Antico, a type of green porphyry quarried in Greece. Spartan basalt is a form of andesite or volcanic rock known today only from a single source in the village of Krokees on the Peloponnese in Greece. In addition, ancient sources mention a quarry of Lapis Lacedaemonius in Taygetus. -
Fossil Crab on Matrix
Eocene-Miocene Period, 58-5.3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
The remains of a fossil crab set in a sedimentary matrix with its legs and claws curled underneath the body. 1.16 kg, 13.4 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Sapindopsis Plant Leaf
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising three joined leaves from an extinct genus Sapindopsis, related to the modern Platanaceae family. 1.08 kg, 20.5 cm
From Lebanon. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
