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LOT 2448
Natural History - Boxed Mineral Specimen Group [6]
1 1/4 - 2 1/4 in. (349 grams total, 32-58 mm).
Comprising: galena from Tri-State, USA; calcite from Mexico; fluorite from Illinois, USA; fluorite with hematite from Tri-State, USA; pyrite from Huanaco, Peru. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom U.S.A, Mexico, and Peru.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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Natural History - Fossil Hamatolenus Trilobite
Cambrian Period, circa 500 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
On a matrix, possibly Hamatolenus vincenti. 407 grams, 92 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Insect in Polished Baltic Amber
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Polished to highlight the intact fly inclusion. 0.41 grams, 13 mm
Property of the vendor's father, thence by descent. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman. -
Natural History - Fossil Fly
Eocene Period, circa 50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
In a rounded sandstone matrix. 34.25 grams, 57 mm
From South West Wyoming (Green River Formation), USA. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.