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LOT 2926
Fossil Megalodon Tooth
EARLY PLIOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 5-2 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (200 grams, 12.2 cm).
A Carcharocles megalodon shark tooth, with smoothed outer face, possibly used as a tool. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceDiscovered in the Hawthorn Formation, Broad River, Beaufort County, South Carolina in 2022.
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Large Ivory Onyx Lamp
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £540
Comprising a tall, rectangular body formed of translucent cut slabs of milky stone with contrasting banding; accompanied by a separate light fitting on a stone base with US plug (not tested). 12.8 kg total, 60 cm
From Mexico. Property of a London lady. -
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Group of Twenty One [21] Boxed Mexican Pyrite 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Boxed group of pyrite specimens, each within a labelled specimen tray and some with accessory minerals. 1.21 kg total including box, 29-49 mm
From Mexico. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Knightia Fish in Matrix
Eocene Period, circa 58-36 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A Knightia alta fish on a rectangular limestone matrix with remains of another one on the reverse. 453 grams, 17.8 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, 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 Ulinta, 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 time. 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.
