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LOT 2359
Natural History - Fossil Pine Cone
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 55-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/4 in. (17.7 grams, 46 mm).
A rare unidentified agatized Dicotaledon fruit specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Western Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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Natural History - Large Fossil Otodus Shark Tooth
Eocene Period, circa 54 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A large Otodus obliquus tooth from the front of a mouth in a matrix. 63 grams, 90 mm
From the Ouled Abdoun Basin Formation (Phosphate beds), Oued Zem, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German paleontological collection. -
Natural History - Shell and Fossil Group
Upper Devonian Period, circa 419-358 million years B.P.-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Including a Phacops rana trilobite and other types. 890 grams total, 5.1-18 cm
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. -
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Natural History - Boxed Polished Quartz Rock Crystal Specimen Group [10]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising ten cut sections of large translucent crystals, each in a labelled cardboard box. 614 grams total, 40-45 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
