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LOT 1896
Natural History - Elrathia Fossil Trilobites
MIDDLE CAMBRIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 500 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/8 - 31/4 in. (160 grams total, 62-83 mm).
A pair of irregular matrices, each containing an Elrathia sp. fossil trilobite. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Large Pink Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Slice
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A large pink agate crystal slice, polished on both faces; colour-enhanced. 484 grams, 23.5 cm
From Antigas, Uraguay. Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Large Mocha Dendritic Agate Mineral 'Plant Picture' Stone
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A rectangular limestone matrix exhibiting finely formed dendrites of manganese oxide. 1.39 grams, 23.5 cm
Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
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Natural History - Coelacanth Fossil Fish
Triassic Period, circa 247 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A fossil coelacanth Whiteia woodwardia fish showing good details, including fins, tail and bony skull structure; supplied in a glazed display case. 118 grams, 15.8 cm (280 grams total, 16 x 13.5 cm including case)
Fine condition, professionally repaired and conserved.
From the Karoo formation of Madagascar. Private Shropshire, UK, collection.
The primitive-looking coelacanth was thought to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Its discovery in 1938, by a South African museum curator on a local fishing trawler, fascinated the world and ignited a debate about how this bizarre lobe-finned fish fits into the evolution of land animals. It is often referred to as a ‘living fossil’, referencing its anomalous form in the fossil record.
