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LOT 2358
Fossil Shrimp Plate
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 58-36 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 x 3 5/8 in. (417 grams, 15.2 x 9.1 cm).
Rectangular matrix containing three good-sized shrimps. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Lebanon.
From the private collection of a Devon, UK, lady.
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Very Large Quantity of Polished Green Tourmaline Gemstones
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Large group of tumbled, mainly dark green to almost black tourmaline specimens. 1.02 kg total, 3-12 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Iguanadon Dinosaur Vertebra
Early Cretaceous Period, circa 126-122 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Caudal vertebra with an elongated body. 880 grams, 94 mm
From Wealden, Bedfordshire, UK. 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.
Iguanadon was a large herbivore with a distinctive thumb-spike and long prehensile fifth fingers that helped with foraging for food. It was the second dinosaur to be formally named based on fossil specimens, and was one of the three genera originally used to define dinosauria. -
Polished Fossil Coral Head Heart Group
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising five polished hearts, each showing internal coral structure. 106 grams total, 27-36 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
