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LOT 2376
Natural History - Fossil Phacops Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 444-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (80.3 grams, 75 mm).
The aquatic arthropod with its back arched, resting on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth with Root
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising two Mosasaur prognathodon teeth with roots, set on composite matrices. 669 grams total, 10.3-12.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Natural History - Woolly Rhinoceros Lower Back Tooth
Ice Age, 50,000-20,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
With two bifurcated roots and enamel grinding surface. 176 grams, 99 mm
From Yakutsk, Permafrost Region, Siberia. Acquired from an old Dutch collection. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector. -
Natural History - Mixed Fossil and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Including rock crystal pebble, desert rose (baryte) crystals, flint nodules and other types. 1.1 kg total, 32-96 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
