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LOT 2394
Iridescent Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-66 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 in. (479 grams, 12.7 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): £20
Comprising: mimetite from Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fell, Cumbria; stibnite from Wheal Leigh, Pillaton, Cornwall; scorodite from Hemerdon Ball mine, Plympton, Devon; goethite from Restormel Royal Iron Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall; rutile from Brazil; galena from Mendip Hills, Somerset; pyromorphite from Burgam Mine, Stiperstones, Shropshire; fluorite and calcite from Harding County, Illinois, USA; crystalline malachite from Lubumbashi, the Democratic Republic of Congo. 843 grams total, 1.9-10.5 cm
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman. -
Iridescent Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A naturally iridescent Cleoniceras besairiei ammonite. 470 grams, 13 cm
From Madagascar. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Promicroceras Ammonite Pair
Jurassic Period, circa 199-190 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising two irregular matrices, each with a Promicoceras sp. ammonite specimen. 216 grams total, 6.6-12.7 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
