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LOT 2704
Natural History - Fossil Shrimp Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (230 grams, 11.9 cm).
Comprising two Carpopenaeus sp. specimens. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Historic Fossil Collection
Devonian-Eocene Period, circa 419-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: two echinoidea, matrix with crinoids, a petrified whale bone, ammonite, a large ammonite fragment, two brachiopods, five ammonite fragments, and a seashell; most with old handwritten labels. 632 grams total, 10-65 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising: blue sapphire from Antar Village, Jamaa, Kaduna State, Nigeria, collection number 563; a fine aquamarine-blue tourmaline crystal with pale rose-pink colour towards the top of the main crystal, collection number 460, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; cinnabar from Humboldt County, California, USA, collection number 260; talc from Norway, collection number 18; copper from USA, collection number 91; baryte from Frizington, Cumbria, England, collection number 421; moss agatev311; lapis lazuli from USSR, collection number 135; mica schist from Skiathos Island, Greece, collection number 511. 104 grams total, 25-47 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
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Natural History - Fossil Scutellum Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
A Scutellum sp. trilobite from the family Styginidae on a matrix. 222 grams, 77 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
