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LOT 2703
Fossil Woolly Mammoth Bone
PLEISTOCENE EPOCH, CIRCA 2.6 MILLION-11,700 YEARS B.P.
7 1/2 in. (1 kg, 19 cm).
A partial first cervical vertebra from a mammoth, mammuthus primigenius. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceSaid to be from the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection; acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Cheshire, UK, gentleman.
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Crystal and Mineral Display Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: quartz, selenite, bi-coloured tourmaline, almandine garnet, galena, and others. 357 grams total, 25-41 mm
Property of a North West London, UK, lady. -
Amazonite Crystal Mineral Display Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Blue-green crystals of amazonite. 61.7 grams, 43 mm
Property of a North West London, UK, lady. -
Carancas H4-5 Chondrite Meteorite with Fusion Crust
Fell 15 September 2007 in PeruSold for (Inc. bp): £143
An irregular, uncut specimen. 2.72 grams, 15 mm
Found Carancas, Chucuito, Puno, Peru. Ex Aerolite Meteorites. From the private collection of a Leicestershire, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by an Aerolite Meteorites dealer card, photograph of the impact crater, and set in a Swiss membrane box.
In the afternoon of September 15 2007, at 4.45pm UTC, the small town of Carancas in Provincia Chucuito, Peru, was shaken by an enormous detonation. Eye witnesses described a smoke trail that had descended from the sky and had exploded on contact with the ground, breaking windows and the debris causing damage on the buildings. A mushroom-shaped explosion cloud was seen rising from the impact site and was visible for several minutes above the 13.8 meter crater.
