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LOT 2322
Natural History - Fossil Goniatite Heart-Shaped Trinket Tray
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/2 in. (524 grams, 16.5 cm).
The fossiliferous matrix with convex body displaying several fossils with a raised pedestal at the top, set with a single Goniatite sp. fossil. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2322
Natural History - Fossil Goniatite Heart-Shaped Trinket Tray
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Natural History - Insect in Polished Amber
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A polished irregular piece of amber with a large insect inclusion. 1.2 grams, 23 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Fossil Shrimp on Matrix
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
On a rectangular sandstone matrix. 328 grams, 12.2 cm
From Lebanon. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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.
