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LOT 2235
Natural History - Fossil Pine Cone
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 55-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/4 in. (13.9 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 - Polished Green Tourmaline Group
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UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Natural History - Fossil Pine Cone
Eocene Period, circa 55-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A rare unidentified agatized Dicotaledon fruit specimen. 22.4 grams, 46 mm
From the Western Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Reedops Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A Reedops sp. trilobite on matrix, clearly showing the external structures. 230 grams, 88 mm
From the Hamar Laghdad Formation, Atlas Mountains, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxfordshire fossil and mineral collection.
