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LOT 2695
Natural History - Fossil Thysanopeltis Trilobite
MIDDLE DEVONIAN AGE, CIRCA 419-380 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/2 in. (298 grams, 11.6 cm).
Showing well-defined fringing pygidial spines. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: arsenopyrite, collection number 471; fluorite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 196; a cut and polished agate geode slice in enhanced blue colour; serpentine from Cornwall, England, collection number 469; spodumene from Scotland, collection number 158; chalcocite from Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall, England, collection number 561; actinolite, collection number 463; lazulite with siderite from Crosscut, Yukon, Canada, collection number 548; orange calcite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 314. 149 grams total, 17-91 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. Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Large Fossil Lobster on Matrix
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Possibly Pseudostacus hakeliensis on a rectangular matrix. 1.3 kg, 26.7 x 18.5 cm
From Lebanon. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
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Natural History - Two Glass Display Bases
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Formed of thick glass with rounded corners, one labelled as 'Sample 1', the other as 'Sample 2'. 3.36 kg total, 14.8 cm each
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
