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LOT 2338
Natural History - Fossil Douvilleiceras Ammonite Group
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS, ALBIAN STAGE, CIRCA 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/4 - 2 in. (143 grams total, 45-50 mm).
Comprising three polished Douvilleiceras sp. ammonites. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the jungles of Mahajanga, north-east coast of Madagascar.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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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 polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 196 grams, 64 cm long
Private UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Natural History - Large British Hildoceras Fossil Ammonite Display
Jurassic Period, Toarcian, circa 190 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Natural History - Campo Del Cielo Iron Meteorite Pair
Fell 6000-5000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising two iron Campo Del Cielo (IAB) meteorites. 3.07 grams total, 12 mm each
From Chaco Province, Argentina, found 1576. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
A crater field of roughly 26 craters was found in the vicinity of this crater, which is estimated to date to 4-5 thousand years BP. The age of the meteorite itself is thought to be c.4.5 billion years, formed as part of the development of this solar system. The largest two fragments, the 30.8 ton Gancedo and 28.8 ton El Chaco, are among the heaviest meteorite masses ever recovered on Earth. In 1576, the governor of a province in Northern Argentina commissioned the military to search for a large mass of iron, which it was believed the local people claimed had fallen from the sky and which they used for their weapon production. The expedition discovered a large mass of metal which was assumed to be an iron mine and brought back a few samples, which were described as being of unusual purity. Following the legends, in 1774 Don Bartolomé Francisco de Maguna rediscovered the iron mass. He himself did not believe that the stone had fallen from the sky and assumed that it had formed by a volcanic eruption. However, he sent the samples to the Royal Society of London. In 1990 it became protected by law.
