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LOT 2212
Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 485.4-443.8 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/4 in. (434 grams, 13.5 cm).
Ophiuroidea sp. on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Chaco Province, Argentina, found 1576.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - 'North Sea' Fossil Woolly Mammoth Tusk Tip
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
From Mammuthus primigenius, cleaned and conserved. 177 grams total, 13.5 cm
Dredged from the North Sea, probably from Brown Bank, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, UK. From the private collection of Mr A Hills, Kent, UK. -
Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star Group
Middle Ordovician Period, circa 450 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Three matrices with Ophiuroidea sp. specimens. 270 grams total, 79-85 mm
From El Kaid Errami, Tafilalt, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German collection. -
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Natural History - Large Aragonite Crystal Display Group [4]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising four large examples showing clusters of well-formed pseud-hexagonal twinned crystals. 1.09 kg total, 7.8-10.1 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
