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LOT 2474
Fossil Shrimp Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 110 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/4 - 3 1/4 in. (295 grams total, 59-82 mm).
Comprising three matrices, each with a Carpopenaeus sp. specimen. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Lebanon.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Polished Copal Specimens with Insects
Carboniferous Period, circa 3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising two cut and polished copal specimens, each with small insect and other inclusions. 9 grams total, 41-44 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
White Fluorite and Pyrite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A matrix with fluorite, calcite and druzy pyrite. 112 grams, 82 mm
From Moscona Mine, Solis, Asturias, Spain. From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by an old collection label. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Restrung, using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius spherical bone beads. 156 grams, 60 cm
London, UK, collection, 1990s.
The mammoth lineage branched from the Asian elephant around 6 million years ago, and later on the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, evolved in eastern Siberia. Woolly mammoths, being slightly smaller than living African elephants, were foragers and ate grass, as well as small, nutritious flowering plants that flourished in the environment where they lived. They may also have used their curved tusks to dig through snow and eat plants that other foragers were unable to reach.
