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LOT 2706
Natural History - Fossil Diplomystus Fish in Matrix
EOCENE PERIOD, 58-36 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 5/8 x 6 1/8 in. (1.46 kg, 19.4 x 15.6 cm).
Diplomystus sp. fossil fish on a matrix slab showing good anatomical detail. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: tuff from Chineham District Centre, Chineham, Basingstoke, England, collection number 532; pale apple-green gypsum from Rudna Copper Mine, Lubin, Poland, collection number 576; lepidolite from Brazil, collection number 268; granite from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 501; a cut and polished agate geode half from Brazil, collection number 68; asrophyllite from Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, USSR, collection number 556; breccia, collection number 188; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295; boleite, collection number 553. 1.46 kg total, 3.5-11.5 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Six specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
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Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 216 grams, 64 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
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Natural History - Boxed Nailhead Calcite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A cluster comprising crystals with flat pyramidal termination; supplied in a labelled specimen tray. 65 grams, 48 mm
From U.S.A. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
