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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 - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, circa 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Cleoniceras sp. displaying the distinctive pattern of the cross-section chambers. 269 grams total, 10.5-10.7 cm
From Madagascar. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Historic 'Murcia, Spain' Fluorite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With dark crystal formation, collection number 414. 80 grams, 61 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 and an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: arsenopyrite, collection number 471; fluorite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 196; a cut and polished agate geode slice in enhanced blue colour; serpentine from Cornwall, England, collection number 469; spodumene from Scotland, collection number 158; chalcocite from Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall, England, collection number 561; actinolite, collection number 463; lazulite with siderite from Crosscut, Yukon, Canada, collection number 548; orange calcite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 314. 149 grams total, 17-91 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. Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
