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LOT 2345
Fossil Shrimp in Matrix Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 110 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 5/8 - 4 in. (475 grams total, 6.6-10 cm).
Comprising three matrices, one with a single specimen, one with two, and the third matrix with two complete and one partial specimen. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Colarado, USA.
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.
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LOT 2345
Fossil Shrimp in Matrix Group
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Manganese Dendrite Landscape Plaque Group
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A group of three sawn rectangular shale specimens, each displaying manganese oxide dendrites resembling ferns and branching vegetation. 397 grams total, 10.9 x 7.2-13.7 x 7.7 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Mioplosus Fish in Matrix
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
On a rectangular matrix and showing good detail on the spine and fins. 709 grams, 20.2 cm
From Green River formation, Wyoming, USA. 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. -
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Polished Fossil Orthoceras Column
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising variously sized polished Orthoceras sp. specimens on a textured freestanding matrix. 1.34 kg, 21.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
