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LOT 2632
Insects in Polished Copal Amber
CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD, OVER 3 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 5/8 in. (9.52 grams, 93 mm).
Polished section containing a large beetle, various flying insects and other inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Polished Fossil Goniatite Bookends
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Comprising two quadrilateral bookend carved from fossiliferous stone, each set with a large Goniatite sp. specimen on a textured background. 3.47 kg total, 16 cm each
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Polished Fossil Goniatite Plate
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Large Rainbow-coloured Carborundum Crystal Display Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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.
