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LOT 2380
Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3/4 in. (1.48 grams, 18 mm).
The polished surfaces allowing trapped insects to be viewed inside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx private UK collection formed in the 1980s.
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Natural History - Extinct Shark Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous-Eocene Period, 70-50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £49
Comprising specimens of different sizes, including examples retaining some or most of the root, enamel and/or serration. 330 grams total, 10-30 mm
Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Miocene-Pliocene Period, 23-3.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Displaying some good polished tooth enamel, from Carcharocles megalodon. 82 grams, 87 mm
From Florida, U.S.A. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - White Pecopteris Fossil Fern Group
Carboniferous Period, 359-299 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Contained in a matrix with specimens to both sides. 1.34 kg total, 20-21 cm
From St. Clair, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Acquired during the 1980s. From the Pradi Collection, Boston, U.S.A.
These fern fossils commonly found in coal-mining areas worldwide. However, the St. Clair ferns are treasured for their rarity and beauty, a result of the fossilised ferns gaining a coating of the mineral pyrophyllite which contrasts with the natural black shale matrix.
