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LOT 2031
Natural History - Fossil Ammonite Cluster
LOWER JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, CIRCA 180 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 5/8 in. (374 grams, 11.8 cm).
Comprising a number of variously sized ammonites on a partly polished matrix, possibly a type of dactylioceratid. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Whitby, UK.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Historic Cornish Wavellite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising white and blue radial aggregates. 129 grams, 12.2 cm
From Cornwall, UK. Collected in person in 1965. From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life. -
Natural History - Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut & Polished Green Porphyry Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
A large lacquered cut section mined in Greece, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times. 574 grams, 23 cm
From Greece. Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Also known as Lapis Lacedaemonius and Porfido Verde Antico, a type of green porphyry quarried in Greece. Spartan basalt is a form of andesite or volcanic rock known today only from a single source in the village of Krokees on the Peloponnese in Greece. In addition, ancient sources mention a quarry of Lapis Lacedaemonius in Taygetus. -
Natural History - Stony Iron Meteorite
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising a large irregular mass. 60 grams, 50 mm
From Morocco, Sahara Desert. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
