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LOT 2383
Iridescent Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-66 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/8 in. (470 grams, 13 cm).
A naturally iridescent Cleoniceras besairiei ammonite. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: pale pink heulandite from Nasik, India; galena from Sweet Water Mine, Missouri, USA; azurite and malachite from shaft no. 3, TCL Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia; aragonite 'sputnik' from Spain; galena and sphalerite from Callow Hill Quarry, Fontesbury, Shropshire; sphalerite with pyrite from Huaron Mining District, Cerro de Pasco, Peru; cluster of apophyllite crystals from Poona, India; stilbite from Poona, India; wolframite from Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria; malachite displaying some silky lustre from the Democratic Republic of Congo. 893 grams total, 32-66 mm
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman. -
Polished Fossil Coral Head Heart
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Cut to a heart shape and polished to reveal the internal structure. 166 grams, 72 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Iridescent Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A naturally iridescent Cleoniceras besairiei ammonite. 479 grams, 12.7 cm
From Madagascar. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
