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LOT 2790
Natural History - Fossil Turtle Coprolite Group
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 - 3 1/4 in. (300 grams total, 75-83 mm).
Comprising a pair of coprolites. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Wilkes Formation, Salmon Creek, Lewis County, Washington, USA.
Acquired during the 1980s.
From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: pyrolusite from Cornwall, England, collection number 362; hematite on a granite base from Cumbria, England; septarian nodule fragment from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; granite from Sandwich Bay, Kent, England, collection number 184; pyrolusite from Solenhofen, Bavaria, collection number 256, with an old James Walker label; granite from Scotland(?), collection number 466; granite from adjacent to Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middlesex, England, collection number 454; granite from A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 507; halite from Brazil, collection number 220. 1.37 kg total, 3.8-14.6 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Six specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
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Natural History - Fossil Mamite Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, circa 90 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
The horned ammonite with regularly disposed spines to the outer shell. 369 grams, 92 mm
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Natural History - Historic 'Sierra Madre, Mexico' Rhyolite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Displaying attractive brown banding, probably due to wind-weathering, collection number 363. 315 grams, 10.5 cm high
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
