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LOT 2261
Natural History - Fossil Agadir Ammonite
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-66 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/2 in. (935 grams,11.5 cm).
A free-standing Mellitella sp. ammonite. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Mixed Mineral Specimen Collection [30]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: rhododendrite, quartz, amethyst, pyrite, jasper, Icelandic spar, agate, calcite, and others. 564 grams total, 14-60 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Restrung using polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 142 grams, 62 cm long
Private UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Natural History - Fly in Baltic Amber
Oligocene Period, circa 55-50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Polished to highlight the Diptera sp. fly inclusion. 1.6 grams, 26 mm
From Primorskoje mine, Yantarnyi, Kaliningrad. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Accompanied by an illustrated identification card.