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LOT 2457
Large Fossil Shell Cluster on Matrix
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200-165 MILLION YEARS B.P.
13 7/8 in. (6.85 kg, 35.2 cm).
Polygonal mortality display containing a large number of bivalves. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2457
Large Fossil Shell Cluster on Matrix
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Mixed Ireland, Scotland and English Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: quartz from Cloghmore Quarry, Costelloe, Galway, Ireland; smoky quartz and hematite from Auchinloch Quarry, Dalbeattie, Dumfries, Scotland; baryte from Mowbray Mone, Frizington, Cumbria; pumpellyite from Creag Brimishgan, Isle of Mull, Scotland; fluorite from Mildam Mine, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire; fluorite from Greenlaws Mine, Daddry Sheild, Weardale, Durham; epidote from Cloghmore Quarry, Costelloe, Galway, Ireland; baryte and dolomite from Frizington, Cumbria; azurite from Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Tipperar, Ireland; Blue John on a display stand from Treak Cliff, Castleton, Derbyshire. 3.35 kg total including box, 3.8-12.3 cm
From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Ten [10] Large Fossilised Tree Branch Sections
Triassic Period, 251-199 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising ten sections, each showing external detailing. 2.08 kg total, 6-11.7 cm
From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
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Group of Ten [10] Meteorite Crater Tektite Specimens
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising ten irregular, rounded pieces with typical surface indentations. 45 grams total, 16-33 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
Tektites are lumps of black or dark grey natural glass produced from melted crustal rocks caused by large hypervelocity meteorite impacts on sediments.
