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LOT 2296
Large Polished Amber Specimen with Insect and Plant Inclusions
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 7/8 in. (227 grams, 17.5 cm).
A polished specimen of dark-coloured amber displaying various inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
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LOT 2296
Large Polished Amber Specimen with Insect and Plant Inclusions
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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Polished Fossil Goniatite and Orthoceras Pyramid Paper Weight
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Carved from a fossiliferous stone, a larger Goniatite sp. specimen set on one side. 912 grams, 98 mm
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' and Otodus Teeth with on Composite Rock
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
An irregular sandstone matrix set with a Mosasaur prognathodon sp. and an Otodus obliquus sp. teeth and other fossils. 301 grams, 10 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with an elongated body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish. -
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Cut and Polished Agate Slice Collection [6]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising four slices displaying red and grey banding, and two translucent dyed slices. 694 grams total, 12-16.5 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
