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LOT 2464
Natural History - Fossil Mesacristata Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 in. (307 grams, 84 mm).
On a matrix, Hollardops mesacristata. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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Natural History - Canis Lupus Ice Age Wolf's Skull
Pleistocene Period, circa 60,000-40,000 B.P.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £525
Partially fossilized and near complete, retaining many of the animal's teeth; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 2.18 kg total, 24.5 cm high including stand
From the private collection of a London gentleman. -
Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Partial Jaw with Teeth
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A lower jaw section displaying two large teeth from the Mosasaur prognathodon sp. 136 grams, 88 mm
Found in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
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Natural History - Massive Pyrites Crystal Mineral Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
Formed as a very large crystalline form of iron pyrites (fool's gold) with large main pyritohedral crystals rising from a complex base of smaller intersecting crystals. 15.3 kg, 20.5 cm
From Peru.
