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LOT 2464
Fossil Flexycalymene Trilobite Cluster
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
10 5/8 in. (2.53 kg, 27 cm).
A mortality plate showing a cluster of Flexicalymene sp. trilobites.
ProvenanceFrom Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Extinct Cave Bear Lower Jaw
Pleistocene Period, circa 250,000-24,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Displaying both sides of the Ursus spelaeus lower jaw with molars and lower canines present; some restoration. 826 grams, 27 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
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Natural Ruby in Zoisite Mineral Specimen Group [50]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising unpolished sample with red ruby crystals in green zoisite and black hornblende. 1.11 kg total, 18-40 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
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Madagascan Giant Monkey Ladder Sea Bean
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
A very large Entada gigas or sea bean pod, containing nine separate sea bean segments; rare. 419 grams, 79 cm
Fine condition. Rare.
From Madagascar. Ex private Shropshire, UK collection.
Entada gigas, the ‘sea bean’ or ‘monkey ladder vine’ is a flowering liana in the Fabaceae pea family. The plant has the longest seed pods in the family, as well as the largest seeds, which can float for miles along sea currents, being washed up on beaches around the world. The seed pod segments snap off, dropping into the river below. The pod segment will quickly rot, revealing the seed or ‘sea bean’ inside. The seed contains a sealed pocket of air, which enables it to float. It can survive for up to two years at sea, and actually requires prolonged exposure to water in order to germinate. Some of these seeds will find their way into the major sea currents, such as the Gulf Stream, and end up washed up on coasts around the world.
