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LOT 2940
Fossil Dicranurus Monstrosus Trilobite on Matrix
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/2 in. (437 grams, 14 cm).
Showing the pair of horn-like spines behind the glabellum, specific for Dicranurus monstrosus odontopleurid trilobites; restored. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Historic Spartan Basalt Cut and Polished Dark Green Porphyry Slab
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Cut and polished section, mined in Greece, cut and polished on one side, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times; mounted on a custom-made metal display stand. 9.82 kg total, 44 cm including stand
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the private collection of a Somerset gentleman.
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. -
Large Fossil Agadir Ammonite with Cut Base
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With a cut base and showing characteristic ribbing, possibly Calycoceras. 1.58 kg, 13 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
A Very Large Group of Medium Desert Rose Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A boxed group of sand roses with flattened crystals on the c-axis, fanning open in variously shaped radiating clusters. 3.54 kg total including box, 18-59 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
