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LOT 1945
Natural History - Fossil Insect in Matrix
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 in. (167 grams, 12.5 cm).
On a rounded sandstone matrix, possibly a grasshopper. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Crato Formation, Brazil.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Starfish Group
Ordovician Period, circa 485-444 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising three Petraster sp. specimens on matrices. 482 grams total, 6.2-10.8 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Polished Douvilleiceras Fossil Ammonite Group
Middle Cretaceous Period, circa 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising three Douvilleiceras sp. (sometimes known as a Goat Horn) polished to reveal rich calcites and suture patterns. 157 grams total, 45-54 mm
From the North-East Coast of Madagascar in the jungles of Mahajanga. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Historic South African Gold Ore Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
With a number of speckles on a host rock. 40.7 grams, 65 mm
From Eastdrifontain Witwaterland, South Africa. Collected in person from various parts of the world mainly between 1957-1966. From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.
