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LOT 2357
Natural History - Fossil Bird Bone Group
PLEISTOCENE AGE, CIRCA 2 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 - 3 1/4 in. (20 grams total, 65-82 mm).
Comprising three hollow bone sections. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Rancho La Brea Formation, Maricopa Co., California, USA.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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Natural History - Fossilised Wood Slice
Triassic Period, circa 230 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Polished to both sides. 1 kg, 19.6 cm
From Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Chinese Nantan Meteorite
Fell 1516 A.D., found 1958 A.DSold for (Inc. bp): £52
An amorphous fragment of nickel iron meteorite (1AB), cleaned. 3.25 grams, 23 mm
Found Nantan, Nandan County, Guangzi Region, China. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
The Nantan meteorite fell in 1516, as recorded in ancient Chinese texts; the fall exploded during descent which resulted in a shower of many individual iron meteorites over an area some 28km x 8km in Nantan County, Guangxi, China. Classified as an iron meteorite; 111CD Course Octohedrite, the composition is approximately 92% iron, 6% nickel and contains more than ten other minerals including kamacite, taenite, dominate, plessite, schreibersite, triolite, graphite and others. In 2000, pieces of the Nantan meteorite were incorporated into an art installation for The Bull Ring Shopping Centre in Birmingham, England. Today, a plaque commemorates the occasion. -
Natural History - Mamite Fossil
Late Cretaceous Period, circa 90 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
The coiled shell with distinctive horns. 351 grams, 10.2 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
An uncommon species of ammonite that are found in the Cretaceous sediments of the Central High Atlas mountains.
