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LOT 3102
Mixed Fossil and Tooth Collection
1 - 3 1/8 in. (380 grams total, 24-80 mm).
Comprising: an opened nodule with a trilobite, a polished ammonite 'button', a rib section, a sawfish rostral tooth in a labelled box, various shark teeth, and others. [11, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK fossil and mineral market.
Property of a West Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3102
Mixed Fossil and Tooth Collection
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Tiger Iron Mineral Rock Display Slice
Circa 2.2 billion years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Polished slab showing contrasting banding in various shades of brown. 875 grams, 20.5 x 15.2 cm
From Western Australia. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
Tiger iron is a 1.8- to 2.5-billion-year-old metamorphic rock composed of alternating bands of hematite, red jasper, and golden tiger's eye, closely linked in origin to ancient photosynthetic cyanobacteria. Early fossil algae helped create the oxygen-rich atmosphere that eventually allowed life on Earth to flourish. -
Oviraptor Fossil Dinosaur Egg
Late Cretaceous Period, circa 88-71 million years B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Fossilised Oviraptor philocerataops egg, retaining some matrix; repaired. 666 grams, 14 cm
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
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Majungasaur Predator Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 68 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Fragment of a Majungasaur tooth mounted in a plastic container with acetate lid; explanatory label. 45 grams total including case, tooth: 19 mm
From Madagascar. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
The Majungasaur was a bi-pedal therapod predator, up to 7 meters long, weighing around 1,000 kg.
