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LOT 1980
Natural History - Fossil Pine Cone
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 55-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/8 in. (23.6 grams, 54 mm).
Agatized Dicotaledon fruit specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Western Sahara Desert, Morocco.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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Natural History - Polished Agate Crystal Geode Coaster Set [6]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Each polished to reveal the quartz crystal formations within; felt-backed. 579 grams total, 7.1-11.3 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
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Natural History - Two Bags of Cut and Polished Agate Geode Slices [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With dark green and white banding. 706 grams total, 37-66 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Diplomystus Fossil Fish
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
On an oval sandstone matrix. 350 grams, 19 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time.
