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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 - Pyrite 'Fools Gold' Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising small nuggets, some with cut edges. 645 grams total, 14-29 mm
From Peru. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite Pair
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million year B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Cut Cleoniceras sp. ammonite, polished to reveal the distinctive structure of the chambers. 375 grams total, 11-11.2 cm
From Madagascar. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: branching calcite from Brazil, collection number 77; agate from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 198; wavellite from Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA, collection number 244; opaque topaz pebble from Madagascar, collection number 294; granite from near Harare, Zimbabwe, collection number 586; quartz, collection number 315; cerussite on heulandite from Ireland, collection number 499, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; mica, collection number 366; biotite with no collection number. 467 grams total, 37-73 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. Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.