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LOT 2318
Fossil Belemnite in Matrix with Ammonite Impression
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 201-143 MILLION YEARS B.P.
10 5/8 in. (687 grams, 27.1 cm).
An irregular matrix with Cylindroteuthis puzosiana belemnite and an impression of Kosmoceras ammonite, inked collector's number '55'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Jurassic Oxford Clay, Jason Zone, Calvert, Buckinghamshire, 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.
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LOT 2318
Fossil Belemnite in Matrix with Ammonite Impression
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Mixed Cornwall and Other Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: quartz from Rostowrack China Clay Pit, Cornwall; smoky quartz from Virginia Pit, St Stephen, Cornwall; chalcopyrite from Mount Wellington Mine, Twelveheads, Cornwall; rhodonite from Greystone Wood Mine, Lawhitton, Cornwall; tourmaline from Buttern Hill Placers, Altarnun, Cornwall; rutile from Lanterdan Quarry, Treknow, Cornwall; epimorph in siderite from Virtuous Lady Mine Buckland, Monachorum, Devon; banded gneiss specimen. 2.04 kg total, 3.2-13.7 cm
From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Restrung, using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius spherical bone beads. 150 grams, 59 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. -
Two Fossil Elrathia Kingii Trilobites on Matrix
Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two Elrathia kingii specimens on matrices. 470 grams total, 10.5-11.3 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
