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LOT 1755
Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star Group
MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 450 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/8 - 4 1/8 in. (332 grams total, 8.1-10.6 cm).
Ophiuroidea sp. specimens on irregular matrices. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom El Kaid Errami, Tafilalt, Morocco.
From an old German collection.
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Lapis Lazuli Tile Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Of rectangular form with one polished face. 256 grams total, 9 - 11.5 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Book Ends
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Polished and cut from a single block containing multiple Orthoceras sp. and other fossil specimens. 2.08 kg total, 12 cm each
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Vanadianite with Psilomelane Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising a cluster of red-orange vanadinite crystals on botryoidal psilomelane. 45 grams, 62 mm
Collected in person from various parts of the world mainly between 1957-1966. 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.
