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LOT 2644
Natural History - Flexicalymene Fossil Trilobite Nodule
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (283 grams, 77 mm).
The nodule opened to reveal the positive and negative of the fossilised Flexicalymene sp. trilobite. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2644
Natural History - Flexicalymene Fossil Trilobite Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Consisting of a reddish spessartite crystal on a black tourmaline on a white matrix, with a sprinkling of some smaller garnet crystals; purchased for £38.00 from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd, in the 1980s, with an old label. 11.8 grams, 24 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. -
Natural History - Historic 'Copiapo, Chile' Atacamite on Chrysocolla Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Consisting of a mass of prismatic atacamite on a bed of botryoidal chrysocolla, collection number 491, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. 114 grams, 81 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. -
Natural History - Large Cut Petrified Fossil Tree Trunk Slice
Triassic Period, 251-199 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Showing bark detail on the edges, the cut faces showing attractive agatized patterns. 1.41 kg, 26 cm
From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
