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LOT 2386
Natural History - Fossil Goniatite Lidded Trinket Box
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. (538 grams, 92 x 92 mm).
Cut from a fossiliferous matrix with a larger Goniatite sp. ammonite set on the lid. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Fragment on Stand
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising a section of Mammuthus primigenius humerus bone; mounted on a custom-made display stand with an information ticket. 1.22 kg total, 24 cm high including stand
From the North Sea. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Fossil Otodus Shark Tooth Necklace
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising an Otodus obliquus tooth made into a pendant and suspended from a cord necklace; supplied in a gift box. 26 grams total, tooth: 31 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Nantan Iron Meteorite
Fell 1516 A.D., discovered 1958 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A nickel iron meteorite (111CD) with a composition of 92.35% iron and 6.96% nickel. 36 grams, 48 mm
Acquired from Steve Arnold, co-star of 'Meteorite Men'. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, U.K. Accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity card from Steve Arnold and a copy of the sales listing.
The Nantan meteorite fell in 1516, as recorded in ancient Chinese texts; the fall exploded during descent which resulted in a shower of many individual iron meteorites over an area some 28km x 8km in Nantan County, Guangxi, China. Classified as an iron meteorite; 111CD Course Octohedrite, the composition is approximately 92% iron, 6% nickel and contains more than ten other minerals including kamacite, taenite, dominate, plessite, schreibersite, triolite, graphite and others.
