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LOT 2227
Natural History - Complete Fossil Ammonite
JURASSIC PERIOD, 199-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 in. (175 grams, 70 mm).
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'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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Natural History - Cave Bear Lower Jaw
Pleistocene Age, circa 40,000-20,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
From the left side lower jaw of Ursus spelaeus displaying a canine and two other teeth. 314 grams, 25 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman.
The cave bear was a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia, and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum. -
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Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Polished to a bar-shape with insect inclusion to one end. 1.86 grams, 28 mm
From a North American collection. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - A Large Quantity of Rose Quartz Crystal Grains
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
The grains ranging in size, in light pink colour. 4.3 kg total, 1-16 mm
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