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LOT 1986
Natural History - Fossil Speculator Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 in. (235 grams, 85 mm).
Phacops speculator on a matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Rastellum Bivalve Group
Middle Jurassic Period-late Creatceous Period, circa 174-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
The mollusc specimens with a narrow-valved tubular shell. 300 grams total, 65-71 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Bornite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
With brown iridescence to three principal faces. 401 grams, 84 mm
Collected in person from various parts of the world mainly between 1957-1966. 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. -
Natural History - Boxed Historic 'Dog Tooth' Quartz Specimen 'Paper Weight'
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With large crystals and two small clusters of pyrite underneath. 206 grams, 78 mm
Ex Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).