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LOT 2553
Natural History - Fire Opal on Matrix Specimen Group [100]
3/4 - 1 1/2 in. (564 grams total, 20-40 mm).
The matrices containing a number of dark orange examples. [100, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2553
Natural History - Fire Opal on Matrix Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Natural History - Fossil Speculator Trilobite
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Phacops speculator specimen on a matrix. 193 grams, 76 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Group
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.PSold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising three polished, dome-shaped masses, each with a central Goniatite sp. specimen. 368 grams total, 70-75 mm
From the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Turtle Coprolite
Eocene Period, circa 50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Comprising a large example of turtle coprolite (fossilised turtle excrement). 181 grams, 76 mm
From the Wilkes Formation, Salmon Creek, Lewis County, Washington, USA. Acquired during the 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
