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LOT 2681
Fossil Petraster Starfish Pair
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 485-444 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 - 3 7/8 in. (358 grams total, 88-98 mm).
Comprising two irregular matrices, each with Petraster sp. specimen. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Fossil Lituites on Matrix
Ordovician Period, circa 450 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Displaying planospirally coiled juvenile portion at the apex and a part of the long, expanding orthoconic adult section with a subdorsal siphuncle connecting the chambers. 204 grams, 99 mm
From China. Acquired at the Kidlington Mineral and Fossil Show, Oxfordshire, UK, in 2016. 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. -
Coloured Quartz Crystal Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
An opened nodule lined with dyed pink quartz crystals. 93 grams total, 49 mm each
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Bowl
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A shallow bowl carved from fossiliferous stones containing multiple Orthoceras sp. specimens. 183 grams, 12 cm
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
