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LOT 2539
Fossil Prionolepis Fish
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 100 MILLION YEARS B.P.
8 5/8 in. (552 grams, 22 cm).
Middle-sized fish of slender shape, a pointed snout and a forked caudal fin; traces of its last meal, a whole fish, in its stomach.
ProvenanceFrom Lebanon.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Large Amethyst and Quartz Crystal Display
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Opening Bid: £1,100
An ovoid geode section with large prismatic quartz and light purple amethyst crystals with colour concentrations at the peak of the terminations; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 14.75 kg, 37.5 x 25 x 17 cm, 52 cm including stand
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady. -
Mixed Cornwall and Somerset Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: calcite from Dulcote Quarry, Wells, Somerset; quartz from Wheal Wrey, St Ive, Cornwall; sphalerite and chalcopyrite from Great South Tolgus, Tarewaste, Cornwall; pyrite from Trevaunance Cove, St Agnes, Cornwall; goethite from Barngate Level, Restormel Royal Iron Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall; quartz on fluorite from Wheal Mary Ann, Menheniot, Cornwall; goethite and quartz from Cornwall; quartz from Royal Restormel Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall; pyrite from Cornwall. 3.42 kg total, 6.3-12.6 cm
From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman. -
Polished Orthoceras Fossil Display Plaque
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
An irregular matrix with several polished bullet-shaped Orthoceras specimens. 3.2 kg, 26 cm high
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
