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LOT 1970
Natural History - Fossil Wood Slice
MIOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 20 MILLION YEARS B.P.
8 1/2 in. (739 grams, 21.5 cm).
A polished fossil tropical hardwood slice section displaying natural bark and with one polished end to reveal the inner wood detail. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Genteng Formation, Indonesia.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
Jurassic Period, 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A pair of cut and polished fossil ammonite halves, each displaying the gas chambers; possibly Cleoniceras sp. 405 grams total, 11.9 cm wide each
From Madagascar. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - 54 Carat Ruby Crystal Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £57
A group of four natural ruby crystal fragments, one with cortex. 10.8 grams total, 16-23 mm
Fine condition.
Ex UK art market, 1970s. Property of a London gentleman. -
Natural History - Dwarf Hippopotamus Molar Tooth
Holocene Period, circa 10,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A fossil dwarf hippopotamus Hippopotamus lemerlei molar tooth. 61.2 grams, 65 mm
From Southern Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
