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LOT 2407
Fossil Sapindopsis Plant Leaf
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-66 MILLION YEARS B.P.
8 x 5 3/4 in. (521 grams, 20.5 x 14.6 cm).
Comprising three joined leaves from an extinct genus Sapindopsis, related the to modern Platanaceae family. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Lebanon.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Polished Fossil Coral Head Heart Group
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Each cut to a heart shape and polished to reveal the internal structure. 138 grams total, 34-40 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Otodus Obliquus Shark Tooth Group
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising three tooth specimens, each set on a sandstone matrix. 727 grams total, 77-85 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: fire opal from Lomo Deltoro Mine, Zimapan, Zimapan Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico; quartz from Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall; stilbite from the Storr, Portree, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Scotland; baryte from Silverband Mine, Dun Fell, Milburn, Cumbria; quartz from Rostowrack China Clay pit, Cornwall; chalcopyrite and pyrite from Mount Wellington Mine, Twelveheads, Cornwall; hedenbergite from Lunner, Akershus, Norway; dolomite from Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, USA; fluorite from Heights Mine, Westgate, Durham; quartz from Dolcoath Mine, camborne, Cornwall. 1.1 kg total, 3.5-10.4 cm
From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.
