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LOT 1831
Natural History - Box of Iceland Spar Mineral Specimens
1 3/8 - 1 7/8 in. (2.57 kg total, 35-48 mm).
A group of over 40 Iceland Spar mineral specimens; held in a cardboard box. [48, No Reserve]
ProvenanceMineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1831
Natural History - Box of Iceland Spar Mineral Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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Natural History - Coelacanth Fossil Fish
Triassic Period, circa 247 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A fossil coelacanth Whiteia woodwardia fish showing good details, including fins, tail and bony skull structure; supplied in a glazed display case. 118 grams, 15.8 cm (280 grams total, 16 x 13.5 cm including case)
Fine condition, professionally repaired and conserved.
From the Karoo formation of Madagascar. Private Shropshire, UK, collection.
The primitive-looking coelacanth was thought to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Its discovery in 1938, by a South African museum curator on a local fishing trawler, fascinated the world and ignited a debate about how this bizarre lobe-finned fish fits into the evolution of land animals. It is often referred to as a ‘living fossil’, referencing its anomalous form in the fossil record. -
Natural History - Insects in Baltic Amber Group
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A group of five Baltic amber pieces, each containing flies together with other inclusions. 3.3 grams total, 11-23 mm
Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Fossil Starfish and Edrioasteroids
Ordovician Period, 485-444 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A matrix containing a fossil starfish, petraster and edrioasteroids Spinadiscus lefebvrei. 283 grams, 96 mm
From the Tioririne Formation, El Kaid Rami, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
