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LOT 1791
Natural History - Fossil Woolly Mammoth Bone
PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, 2.6 MILLION-11,700 YEARS B.P.
9 7/8 in. (954 grams total, 25 cm high including stand).
A Mammuthus primigenius fossil woolly mammoth bone, mounted on a custom-made display base with information sticker. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 1791
Natural History - Fossil Woolly Mammoth Bone
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Natural History - Natural Haematite Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A group of three heavy natural haematite specimens. 1.38 kg total, 67-90 mm
Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Insects in Baltic Amber Group
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
A group of five Baltic amber pieces, each containing flies together with other inclusions. 2.42 grams total, 9-21 mm
Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Permian Branchiosaur Fossil Amphibian on Matrix
Permian Period, circa 280 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A matrix containing a fossil Branchiosaur sp. amphibian on a matrix. 119 grams, 10.5 cm
Fine condition.
From Pfalz, Germany. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
Branchiosaur means 'gill lizard'.