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LOT 2430
Fossil Dicranurus Monstrosus Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 3/8 in. (522 grams, 16.2 cm).
Showing the pair of horn-like spines behind the glabellum, specific for Dicranurus monstrosus odontopleurid trilobites; some restoration. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising: sphalerite from Brownley Hills Mine, Nenthead, Cumbria; calcite on fluorite from Fall Hill Quarry, Derbyshire; chkalovite, analcime and sodalite from Tassaq West, Illimaussaq, Greenland; chalcedony from Lyme Regis Beach, Lyme Regis, Dorset; chrysocolla and malachite from Lumbumbashi, Zaire; botryoidal malachite from Lumbumbashi, Zaire; anatase on ankerite from Hendreqy, Glyn Ceiriog, Wales; calcite from Taff's Wells Quarry, Nr Cardiff, Wales; galena from Greystone Quarry, Lezant, Cornwall; orthoclase from Melbur China Clay Pit, St Austell, Cornwall. 1.04 kg total, 38-98 mm
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman. -
Polished Fossil Goniatite Display
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A freestanding matrix set with four Goniatite specimens. 2.35 kg, 24.7 cm
From Morocco. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Pecopteris Fern Leaves
Carboniferous Period, Pennsylvanian Epoch, circa 300 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
An irregular matrix containing Pecopteris fossil ferns on both sides. 385 grams, 17 cm
From USA. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
