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LOT 2230
Natural History - Fossil Petraster Starfish on Matrix
ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 485-444 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/8 in. (711 grams, 15.5 cm).
Showing a complete and a partial Petraster sp. specimen; repaired. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Mixed Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: yellow sulphur; a cut malachite specimen; smoky quartz point; vanadinite in a specimen box; agate slice; several cut geodes, and others. 2.9 kg total, 18-95 mm
Acquired from various sources within the UK. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
Natural History - Natural Fossil Whitby Dac Ammonite Nodule
Lower Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, 182-174 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Comprising an opened nodule with a Dactylioceras commune sp. specimen. 340 grams total, 56-86 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Heart-Shaped Polished Fossil Coral Head
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Cut to a heart shape and polished to reveal the internal structure. 166 grams, 75 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
