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LOT 2277
Natural History - Boxed Cut and Polished Chiastolite Mineral Specimen Group [7]
3/4 - 1 1/4 in. (140 grams total, 21-31 mm).
Comprising seven specimens with black inclusions of graphite; in labelled specimen trays. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom China.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2277
Natural History - Boxed Cut and Polished Chiastolite Mineral Specimen Group [7]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Mixed British Fossils
Carboniferous-Cretaceous Period, circa 305-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising a mixed group of nine fossils in five card trays, different species and types including: Ichthyosaurus, Plesiosaurus, and whale bone from Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. 981 grams total, 40-92 mm
From various sites in the UK. From a Norfolk, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Coral Heads
Devonian Period, circa 350 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Polished on all faces to an irregular oval shape, showing the structure of the coral. 296 grams, 79 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
Middle Cretaceous Period, circa 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Cleoniceras sp. displaying the distinctive pattern of the cross-section chambers. 173 grams total, 87-91 mm
From Madagascar. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.