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LOT 2449
Fossil Fish and Insects on Matrix Group
CRETACEOUS TO EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 145-36 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/4 - 3 7/8 in. (322 grams total, 81-99 mm).
Comprising a Knightia alta fish on a round matrix, a grasshopper, and a flying insect. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex gallery.
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Large Fossil Fish on Matrix
Eocene Period, 58-36 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Irregular slab of sedimentary rock with partial fossilised skeleton of a fish showing detailed spine, tailfins, and other details. 4.45 kg, 39 cm
Private collection, UK. -
Polished Fossil Goniatite Lidded Pot
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A cylindrical pot with a domed lid carved from fossiliferous stone and the lid set with a Goniatite sp. 245 grams total, 58 mm high
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
English Green Fluorite Crystal Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Deep green interpenetrant cubic fluorite crystals on a matrix. 214 grams, 69 mm
From Heights Mine, Westgate, Durham, UK. From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.