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LOT 2241
Natural History - Fossil Seed Fern Plate
CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD, CIRCA 305 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 3/4 in. (128 grams, 14.7 cm).
Alethopteris and Neruopteris sp. fern specimens on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom St. Clair, Pennsylvania, USA.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Large Grade A Cut and Polished Agate Slice
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
In enhanced blue colour, showing dark banding separating quartz filled layers. 770 grams, 25.3 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Shark Vertebrae and Megalodon Giant Shark Tooth Group
Jurassic-Pliocene Period, circa 190-2.5 million years B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising a lamnoid-type vertebra with visible septa, the Otodus megalodon tooth with some good enamel and partial serrations. 72.5 grams total, 29-68 mm
From North Carolina, U.S.A. The tooth ex Little Gems Rock Shop, Norfolk, U.K. From the private collection of Mr A Hills, Kent, UK. Accompanied by a Little Gems Rock Shop card with handwritten identification for the Megalodon tooth. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Coral Head Heart Palmstone
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Cut to a heart-shape and revealing the internal structures. 141 grams, 69 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.