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LOT 2765
Natural History - Extremely Large Polished Fossil Orthoceras Display
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
50 3/8 in. (43.4 kg, 1.28 m).
A magnificent display tower of several polished Orthoceras sp. specimens on a textured background; repaired.
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2765
Natural History - Extremely Large Polished Fossil Orthoceras Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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Natural History - Historic Kolwesite and Rosasite on Hemimorphite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
With chocolate-brown, brownish and greenish grey crystals, possibly from Mexico, collection number 149. 83 grams, 55 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Accompanied by an original historic index file card and a letter from the British Museum (Natural History) dated 1983 confirming the specimen to be kolwesite. -
Natural History - Mixed Natural History Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: two sea urchins, corals, a shark tooth, a replica trilobite and ammonite, and others. 388 grams total, 2.7-10.6 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. -
Natural History - Nuevo Mercurio Fall Meteorite
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
A H5 chondrite showing some regmaglypts and primary fusion crust. 102 grams, 52 mm
Found near Nuevo Mercurio, Mexico, 1978.
The fall was strewn across an area about 10 km north of the village of Nuevo Mercurio, Zacatecas, Mexico, 250 km South West of Monterrey. A bright fireball, travelling North East to South West and visible over a radius of at least 200 km, exploded over north-central Mexico and scattered meteorites over an elliptical area more than 10 km in length. Only 5 kg of material has been found to date.
