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LOT 2319
Natural History - Fossil Fly Group
EOCENE PERIOD, 50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 - 2 5/8 in. (145 grams total, 51-66 mm).
Comprising three specimens on a matrix. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Green River Formation, south western Wyoming, U.S.A.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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Natural History - Fossil Leonaspis Trilobite on Matrix
Middle Devonian Period, circa 380 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Natural History - Huge Sliced Section of Fossilised 'Rainbow' Wood
235 million years B.P.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Petrified tree section of 40-46mm thickness with finely polished finish to upper and lower faces and set into resin; edges slightly chamfered. 26.2 kg, 68 cm
From the private collection of Mr J.G., UK, a company executive.
The petrified wood from Araucarioxylon arizonicum is often referred to as "rainbow wood" due to the variety of subtle, warm colours it exhibits, mainly in the red-orange range from hematite and limonite inclusions within the silica. -
Natural History - Diplomystus Fossil Fish on Matrix
Eocene Period, circa 55 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
A rectangular matrix with a Diplomystus sp. specimen. 1.07 kg, 19.5 x 19.5 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
