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LOT 2797
Fossil Sand Shark Teeth Display
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 in. (42 grams total, 12.5 cm including stand).
Comprising seven Otodus obliquus teeth; supplied in a display frame. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Coloured Quartz Crystal Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
An opened irregular nodule, the internal cavity filled with dyed green quartz crystals. 866 grams total, 11.1-12.2 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Crinoid Plate
Silurian Period, circa 445-416 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising a single Scyphocrinus elegans specimen with clear detail, and multiple stalk sections. 610 grams, 17.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Whale Ear Bone
Miocene Period, Anversien Formation, circa 23-5.3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Tympanic bone, originally forming part of the whale's hearing apparatus. 128 grams, 76 mm
From Steepdrop, Vanderhoft, Belgium. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VM28; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
