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LOT 2179
Natural History - Fossil Sporadoceras Goniatite Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 385-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/4 - 3 1/2 in. (433 grams total, 83-88 mm).
Comprising two freestanding Sporadoceras sp., polished through the shell to reveal the calcite preserved inside and show the dividing gas chambers known as suture patterns where the chambers meet the surface giving a zig-zag pattern. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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LOT 2179
Natural History - Fossil Sporadoceras Goniatite Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Natural History - Aragonite Crystal Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Comprising clusters containing brown hexagonal twin crystals. 708 grams total, 18-34 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Polished Quartz Crystal Ball
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Natural History - Historic Crystal Formation
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Small grey calcite crystals with yellow; possibly cadmian smithsonite pseudomorph after dolomite from the Philadelphia Mine, Rush, Arkansas, USA. 68 grams, 65 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.