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LOT 2397
Fossil Knightia Alta Fish Group
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 58-36 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 5/8 - 4 1/2 in. (115 grams total, 9.1-11.6 cm).
Comprising two matrices, one with three fish specimens and the other with two. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom USA.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Fossil Bison Molar Tooth
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
From a young adult Bison antiquus. 44.9 grams, 65 mm
From Central Nebraska, USA. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Fossil Mamites Ammonite Display
Cretaceous Period, circa 93-89 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: vibrant green dioptase from Tsumeb, Namibia; gypsum desert rose from Tunisia; Prehenite from Poona, India; dolomite from Peru; spray-like formation of scolceite from Poona, India; blue azurite from the Democratic Republic of Congo; amethyst from Brazil; stellerite from Rudni, Kusteni Oblast, Kazakhstan; Wolframite from Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria; thomsonite, chabazite, stilbite and stellerite from Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye. 1 kg total, 25-83 mm
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman.
