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LOT 2859
Natural History - Al Mahbas Fall Chondrite Meteorite
3 in. (183 grams, 74 mm).
An irregular stony meteorite. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound near Al Mahbas, Sahara Desert, Morocco.
FootnotesChondrites originated in the asteroid belt where collisions and gravitational perturbations put them into Earth-crossing orbits. Chondrites formed as part of the formation of their parent asteroids approximately 4.56 billion years ago. They also contain material that predates the formation of the solar system, including organic matter and tiny grains that formed around dying stars.
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: quartzite, collection number 407; fluorite from Cumbria, collection number 431, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; stilbite from Skye, Scotland, collection number 286; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295; iron on matrix slate from England, collection number 89; septarian nodule from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; malachite with quartz from Mexico, collection number 59; thunder agate from Australia, collection number 45; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295. 2.01 kg total, 6.7-17 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Six specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
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Natural History - Fossil Gibbus Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Cheirurus (Crotalocephalina) trilobite Crotalocephalus gibbus fossil on a matrix. 175 grams, 72 mm
From Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
Natural History - Historic Cut and Polished Agate Geode Half
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Large specimen with light blue, white, colourless and pale blue crystals, collection number 246. 2 kg total, 16 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
