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LOT 2517
Fossil Grasshopper Pair
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 108-92 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 - 3 1/2 in. (186 grams total, 85-89 mm).
Comprising two specimens on individual matrices. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Large Fossil Clavilithes Gastropod
Eocene Period, circa 40 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Clavilithes macrospira; supplied in a cardboard specimen tray. 180 grams, 13 cm
From Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire, UK. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Huge Section of Fossilised 'Rainbow' Wood
235 million years B.P.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Petrified tree section of 40-46mm thickness with finely polished finish to upper and lower faces and set into resin; edges slightly chamfered. 26.2 kg, 68 cm
From the private collection of Mr J.G., UK, a company executive.
The petrified wood from Araucarioxylon arizonicum is often referred to as "rainbow wood" due to the variety of subtle, warm colours it exhibits, mainly in the red-orange range from hematite and limonite inclusions within the silica. -
Polished Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 176 grams, 56 cm long
From a London, UK, collection.
