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LOT 2763
Natural History - Fossil Knightia Fish Group
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 58-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 7/8 - 3 1/4 in. (150 grams total, 73-84 mm).
Comprising three rounded matrices, one with two complete Knightia alta specimens, one with a single, and one with two partial specimens. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Lodranite NWA 8118 Meteorite Slice
Found 2013 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
A cut slice of primitive achondrite recorded as: Northwest Africa 8118; displayed in a Swiss membrane box, and with an inked 'NWA 8118' to one side. 16.7 grams, 53 mm (65.6 grams total, 99 x 75 mm including case)
From the Sahara Desert, North West Africa. Ex SV-Meteorites, Prague. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by an original identification card. -
Natural History - Mixed Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: septarian nodule fragment from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; amethyst from Brazil, collection number 360; agate slice from Brazil, collection number 364; pyrite and chlorite in matrix slate, collection number 46; calcite, collection number 366; arogonite from Somerset, England, collection number 166; gabbro from Visingso Lake, Sweden, collection number 255; a cut and polished agate geode half, collection number 419; two sand crystals from Canterbury Sand Pit, Kent, England, collection number 173; arsenopyrite, collection number 471; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 193; aragonite from Spain, collection number 156; and a number of other mineral specimens without collection numbers. 677 grams total, 0.9-15.7 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Two lots accompanied by an historic index card. -
Natural History - Large Crystal Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
The nodule split open to show the internal cavity filled with enhanced dyed blue crystals. 2.29 kg total, 14.4-15 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
