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LOT 3096
Fossil Goniatite Polished Letter Holder
UPPER DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 385-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 in. (404 grams, 84 mm).
Cut and polished letter holder with two slots at the rear and set with a Goniatite specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 3096
Fossil Goniatite Polished Letter Holder
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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Fossil Acanthoceras Agadir Ammonite on Display Stand
Lower Cretaceous Period, circa 110 million years B.P.Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Fossil displaying a clean centre and much detail; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 3.53 kg total, 28.5 cm high including stand
From Agadir, Morocco, North Africa. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Three North American Knightia Fossil Fish
Eocene Period, 58-36 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising three oval matrices with Knightia alta specimens, one with two specimens. 246 grams total, 8.5-10 cm
From Green River formation, Wyoming, USA. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah), in the Green River Formation, are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Uinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary period. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time. -
Fluorite Mineral Collection
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Group of mineral crystal clusters. 1.34 kg total, 4.2-12.6 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
