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LOT 1797
Natural History - Boxed Icelandic Spar Specimen Group [20]
3/4 - 1 1/4 in. (335 grams total, 19-32 mm).
The colours ranging from light pink and green to light brown; each in a cardboard tray. [20, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1797
Natural History - Boxed Icelandic Spar Specimen Group [20]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Natural History - Complete Fossil Ammonite
Jurassic Period, 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Perisphinctes sp. with much of the original shell material remaining, in old white card tray with old label reading: 'AMMONITE Perisphinctes sp., Mid Jurassic Age (approx. 170 million years old), Madagascar'. 175 grams, 70 mm
From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Leaf Group
Eocene Period, circa 40 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising four fossil leaves, including Fagus sp. and birch. 101 grams total, 54-79 mm
From Tranquille Shale Formation, McAbee Fossil Beds, Cache Creek, British Columbia, Canada. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Historic Libya Polished Petrified Wood Specimen
Triassic Period, 251-199 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Cut in an angle to display the internal structure of the tree, bark detailing to the outer faces. 230 grams, 89 mm
From Libya. Collected in person in 1972. From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.
