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LOT 2488
Historic Mixed Fossil Collection
3/4 - 6 1/8 in. (4.4 kg total, 2-15.5 cm).
Comprising a variety of fossils including bivalves, Dactylioceras sp. specimens, a sea urchin, Gryphaea specimens and others. [48, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from various sources within the UK.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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AUCTIONS:
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Fossil Grasshopper Pair
Cretaceous Period, 108-92 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising two specimens on matrices. 218 grams total, 77-97 mm
From Brazil. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Large Rainbow-coloured Carborundum Crystal Display Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A large cluster of silicon carbide showing beautiful iridescence. 1 kg, 16 cm
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.
Carborundum rarely occurs in nature, but is commercially formed by heating carbon and silicon at very high temperatures, producing extremely strong bands of crystals. -
Medical Educational Skull
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Human skull with upper cranium detached and contents removed; fasteners and locating pins, securing springs; some teeth absent. 579 grams, 20 cm wide
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
This item is for collection only.
