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LOT 2425
Natural History - Extinct Fossil Shark and Other Tooth Collection
CRETACEOUS-EOCENE PERIOD, 70-50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1/8 - 1 in. (940 grams total, 5-27 mm).
Comprising specimens of different sizes, including examples retaining some or most of the root, enamel and/or serration. [Approximately 1600, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
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LOT 2425
Natural History - Extinct Fossil Shark and Other Tooth Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Natural History - British Asteroceras Fossil Ammonite
Jurassic Period, circa 202-201 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
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From the exhausted Coningsby Quarry, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK. -
Natural History - Large Desert Rose Mineral Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A very large selenite gypsum 'desert rose' composed of blades of selenite with gypsum sand inclusions. 3.1 kg, 22 cm wide
From a Humberside, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossilised Wood Slice
Triassic Period, circa 230 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Polished to both sides. 762 grams, 17.2 cm
From Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.