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LOT 2503
Natural History - Fossil Goniatite and Orthoceras Display
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 7/8 in. (1.9 kg, 25 cm high).
Set on a textured freestanding matrix and polished to reveal the internal gas chambers. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2503
Natural History - Fossil Goniatite and Orthoceras Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Natural History - Fossil Starfish Group
Ordovician Period, circa 485-444 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising four Petraster sp. specimens on matrices. 716 grams total, 7-12 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Insects with Leaves
Eocene Period, circa 58 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: a matrix displaying dozens of insects with a leaf, showing specimens on both sides of the matrix, and a matrix including a Salix sp. leaf and two Metasequoia. 140 grams total, 9-11.5 cm
From the Florissant fossil quarry, Florissant, Colorado, USA; and the Muddy Creek Formation, Beaverhead County, Montana, USA. -
Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusion
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Polished oval-shaped specimen with insect inclusion. 0.60 grams, 16.63 mm
From a North American collection. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.