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LOT 2532
Natural History - Fossil Phacops Tribobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 in. (142 grams, 65 mm).
On a matrix, showing good detail to the body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Flexicalymene Trilobite Cluster
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
An impressive mortality plate showing a tight cluster of Flexicalymene sp. trilobites. 3.3 kg, 21.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic 'Minehead, Somerset' Mossottite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Displaying sky-blue, light turquoise-blue and blue-white colours, collection number 390. 143 grams, 68 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. -
Natural History - Diogenite NWA 4664 Meteorite Slice
Found 2006 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A cut slice of diogenite, an igneous rock rich in the magnesium- and iron-rich silicate orthopyroxene, recorded as: Northwest Africa 4664; displayed in a Swiss membrane box, inked note 'NWA 4664' to one side. 10.2 grams, 53 mm (58.6 grams total, 99 x 75 mm including case)
From Algeria. Ex Mile High Meteorites, U.S.A. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by an original identification card.
Vesta is the second largest asteroid and the only large one covered with basalt; the fine-grained volcanic rock makes up the dark areas of the Moon and the huge shield volcanoes on Mars. Three groups of achondrites (igneous meteorites) are widely thought to have come from Vesta; these are the HED meteorites: Howardites, Eucrites and Diogenites.
