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LOT 2311
Natural History - Diplomystus Fossil Fish on Matrix
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/2 in. (776 grams, 16.5 cm).
On a rectangular matrix, showing good detail. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Pink Quartz Crystal Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
The nodule split in half to expose the crystal filled cavity with enhanced pink crystals. 127 grams total, 53 mm each
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Historic Mixed Fossil Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A mixed group comprising: fossil shells on a matrix from England; a partial fish vertebra from England; a large carnelian specimen from Brazil; a matrix with Myophorella clavellata and a Thracia depressa from England; a bivalve from England; a scallop from England; a pyritized ammonite from Peterborough, England; a bivalve; Nummulites elegans specimens in an old specimen box with collection no.E104. 1.12 kg total, 34-95 mm
Acquired from various sources within the UK. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
Natural History - Fossil Cave Bear Lower Jaw
Late Pleistocene Period, circa 40,000-20,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
From the left side of Ursus spelaeuslower jaw, displaying a canine (repaired) and three molars. 312 grams, 20.3 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman formed since 2003.
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.
