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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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Hollow Glass Tektite 'Cave' From Meteorite Crater
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Fossil Otodus Obliquus Shark Tooth Group
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Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: adamite from Laurium, Attica, Greece; smithsonite from Silvertop Quarry, Hallbankgate, Cumbria; hemimorphite crystals from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico; dolomite from Arkansas, USA; pyromorphite from Mexico Mine, High Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria; aragonite from Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire; fluorite and galena from Diana Maria Mine, Forsterly, Weardale, Co Durham; arsenopyrite and scheelite from carrock Mine, Caldbeck Fell, Cumbria; orange calcite from Cloud Hill QUarry, Northington, Leicestershire; galena, ankerite, barite calcite and sulphur from West High Cross Vein, Brownley, Nenthead, Cumbria. 1.9 kg total, 1.9-13.1 cm
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman.
