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LOT 2113
Natural History - Boxed Native Copper Specimens [9]
3/4 - 1 in. (164 grams total, 21-27 mm).
Naturally formed nuggets of irregular shapes, each in a labelled specimen tray. [9, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Caledonia Mine, Michigan, U.S.A.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 218 grams, 66 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Natural History - Fossil Gingko Leaf
Carboniferous Period, 359-299 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
The light-coloured specimen on a matrix. 103 grams, 72 mm
From North Dakota, U.S.A. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - British Bison Bone Group
Pleistocene Period, circa 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising sections of ribs, leg and other bones from Bison priscus. 2.45 kg total, 4.7-37 cm
From Oxfordshire, UK. From a Norfolk, UK, collection.