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LOT 2485
Natural History - Fossil Knightia Fish Group
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 58-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/4 - 3 5/8 in. (186 grams total, 81-92 mm).
Comprising three rounded matrices, two with a single Knightia alta specimen, and one with a full and a partial specimen. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Historic 'Argentina' Polished Rhodochrosite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Displaying vivid pink colours, with one cut and polished face, collection number 346. 83 grams, 43 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Fossil Agadir Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, 145-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
A freestanding Mellitella sp. ammonite showing well preserved ribs, information sticker to the base. 923 grams, 11.8 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: rose quartz from Brazil, collection number 320; calcite from Mexico on a granite display base; optical calcite; granite from adjacent to Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middlesex, England, collection number 402; granite from adjacent to Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middlesex, England, collection number 470; septarian nodule section from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; granite with high muscovite content from Middlesex, collection number 535; linarite with prosopite from Grand Reef Mine, Arizona, USA, collection number 549, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; zinkenite from San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia, collection number 564, with an old Simon Harrison Minerals label. 760 grams total, 22-88 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Six specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
