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LOT 2170
Natural History - Fossil Petraster Starfish on Matrix
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 485-444 MILLION YEARS B.P.
8 1/2 in. (1.32 kg, 21.5 cm).
The irregular matrix showing a Petraster sp. specimen with some other fossils. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Polished to reveal the internal suture chambers. 477 grams, 14.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Large Polished Fossil Orthoceras 'Rocket'
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
The extinct nautiloid cephalopod polished to reveal the internal gas chambers; the extremely long body set on a textured freestanding matrix. 30.4 kg, 102 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Meteorite Crater Tektite Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Pebble-like black specimens of meteoric glass of various shapes and sizes. 227 grams total, 30-58 mm
From the personal collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Tektites are lumps of black or dark grey natural glass produced from melted crustal rocks that are caused by large hypervelocity meteorite impacts on sediments.
