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LOT 2217
Natural History - Fossil Fly and Insect Group
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 58 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 1/2 - 3 1/4 in. (82 grams total, 37- 82 mm).
Comprising three matrices with fossil flies together with a fossil crane fly. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Wyoming (Green River Formation), Uintah County, Utah, USA.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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LOT 2217
Natural History - Fossil Fly and Insect Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Fossil Otodus Shark Teeth
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Pine Cone
Eocene Period, circa 55-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A rare unidentified agatized Dicotaledon fruit specimen. 17.7 grams, 46 mm
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Natural History - Amethyst Crystal Chunk Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising mainly dark purple crystal specimens. 1.7 kg total, 27-45 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).