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LOT 2382
Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star Group
ORDOVICIAN AGE, CIRCA 450 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 - 3 3/4 in. (330 grams total, 75-95 mm).
Comprising three Ophiuroidea sp. on irregular matrices. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom El Kaid Errami, Tafilalt, Morocco.
From an old German collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Sporadoceras Goniatite
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Polished through the shell to reveal the calcite preserved inside and showing the dividing gas chambers of Sporadoceras sp. 330 grams, 10.8 cm
From the Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Polished Green Tourmaline Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising a quantity of 500 carats of tumble-polished green tourmaline crystals. 100 grams total, 6-15 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A specimen of polished amber with insect inclusion. 1.54 grams, 20 mm
Ex private UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
