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LOT 2516
Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusion
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5/8 in. (0.60 grams, 16.63 mm).
Polished oval-shaped specimen with insect inclusion. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a North American collection.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Boxed Fossil Perisphinctes Ammonite Group
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising two large and one smaller Perisphinctids indogermanus ammonite. 369 grams total, 55-78 mm
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Natural History - Fossil Giganteus Crab
Neogene Period, circa 15-12 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
A well preserved and prepared complete Tumidocarcinus giganteus from a classic fossil location; witha handwritten provenance label to verso. 926 grams, 17 cm
Found by Mike Kemper, Waipare, Mount Cass, New Zealand, February 2014. From the private collection of a Lancashire gentleman.
