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LOT 2172
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/8 - 4 1/4 in. (269 grams total, 10.5-10.7 cm).
Cleoniceras sp. displaying the distinctive pattern of the cross-section chambers. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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LOT 2172
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Natural History - Giant Elephant Bird Eggshell Group
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising four eggshell sections from Aepyornis. 49.2 grams total, 47-61 mm
From Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
The elephant bird was a gigantic, flightless bird, measuring nearly 10 feet in height, and lived on the island of Madagascar until it became extinct, possibly as late as the 17th century. -
Natural History - Fossil Gibbus Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Cheirurus (Crotalocephalina) trilobite Crotalocephalus gibbus fossil on a matrix. 175 grams, 72 mm
From Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
Natural History - Natural Australian Opal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Displaying a good play of colour on milky-white background, tag with handwritten information: 'JOAN'S OPAL / PURCHASED / SYDNEY 1983 / IT IS A V. GOOD / ANDDAMOOKA CRYSTAL'. 0.75 grams, 11.99 mm
Purchased Sydney, Australia, in 1983. From a Norfolk, UK, collection. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a pouch and information tag.
