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LOT 2215
Natural History - Fossil Rastellum Bivalve Group
MIDDLE JURASSIC PERIOD-LATE CREATCEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 174-66 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 - 2 3/4 in. (300 grams total, 65-71 mm).
The mollusc specimens with a narrow-valved tubular shell. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Agadir Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Freestanding Mellitella sp. ammonite. 1.33 kg, 12 cm wide
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - British Bison Bone Group
Pleistocene Period, circa 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising mainly leg bone and rib sections from Bison priscus. 2.2 kg total, 6.5-27 cm
From Oxfordshire, UK. From a Norfolk, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Tsumeb Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5
Comprising: a polished lapis lazuli pebble; quartz; ulexite; sphalerite and others. 748 grams total, 40-58 mm
Collected in person in 1966. From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.
