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LOT 2552
Natural History - Fossil Flexicalymene Trilobite Cluster
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
8 1/2 in. (3.3 kg, 21.5 cm).
An impressive mortality plate showing a tight cluster of Flexicalymene sp. trilobites.
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2552
Natural History - Fossil Flexicalymene Trilobite Cluster
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
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Natural History - Fossil Sinosura Starfish Group
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising three possibly Sinosura kelheimense specimens, a pair on one matrix and the other with one specimen. 146 grams total, 63-70 mm
From Stonhoffen, Germany. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: a large biotite specimen, collection number 101; septarian nodule fragment from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; picrite from Cornwall, England, collection number 426; sard from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 197; danburite from Maglovec, East Czechoslovakia, collection number 527; fluorite from Derbyshire, England, collection number 200; chalcedony from Cornwall, England, collection number 25; translucent from selenite from Sahara Desert, Libya, collection number 349; quartz 'sceptre' from Beaverhead County, Montana, USA, collection number 581. 292 grams total, 1.1-18.8 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 - Polished Orthoceras Fossil Display
Upper Devonian Period, 370 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £14
Comprising a cluster of vertical Orthoceras sp. specimens. 1.54 kg, 20.5 cm high
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
