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LOT 2842
Natural History - Fossil Otarion Trilobite
MIDDLE DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 380 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/8 in. (70 grams, 59 mm).
Otarion sp. showing the characteristic high-stalked eyes and elongated spines. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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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 Fossil Carcharodontosaurus North African 'T-Rex' Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-93 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
From Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, of large size, displaying some serrations. 64 grams, 95 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) of all time and is also related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus. -
Natural History - Historic 'Manciano, Tuscany' Stibnite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Displaying a spray of well-formed acicular crystals on a light grey matrix, the stilbite crystals with bluish iridescence, collection number 598; bought from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd for £48.00 in the 1980s, with an old label. 481 grams, 12.5 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
