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LOT 3279
Fossil Goniatite Polished Rectangular Trinket Box
UPPER DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 385-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 x 3 1/8 in. (664 grams, 12.8 x 8 cm).
Rectangular lidded box carved from fossiliferous stone with Orthoceras fossils, a goniatite set on the lid. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 3279
Fossil Goniatite Polished Rectangular Trinket Box
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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Lunar Meteorite Specimen
Discovered 2022 A.D.Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Feldspathic breccia, Bechar NWA 003, supplied in a display box with an information label. 45 grams total including case, rock: 11 mm
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Polished Baltic Amber with Insect and Other Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with an insect and other inclusions. 1.93 grams, 26 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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, the largest with two overlapping fish. 148 grams total, 71-85 mm
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.
