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LOT 2280
Natural History - Amethyst Crystal Specimen
2 7/8 in. (283 grams, 72 mm).
Comprising lavender-coloured prismatic crystals on a freestanding cut matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Fossil Ginkgo Leaf on Matrix
Palaeocene Period, circa 66-56 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
A fossil Ginkgo sp. leaf in an amorphous matrix. 134 grams, 76 mm
From North Dakota, U.S.A. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Natural History - Woolly Rhinoceros Lower Back Tooth
Ice Age, 50,000-20,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
With two bifurcated roots and enamel grinding surface. 176 grams, 99 mm
From Yakutsk, Permafrost Region, Siberia. Acquired from an old Dutch collection. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector. -
Natural History - Canadian Leaf Fossil
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A rectangular matrix with a leaf fossil to both sides, one partial. 81 grams, 88 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
