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LOT 2745
Natural History - Fossil Yorkshire Ammonite Cluster
LOWER JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, CIRCA 180 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/8 in. (729 grams, 15 cm).
A cut matrix with numerous overlapping Cymbites and Arnioceras sp. specimens. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Pyrite Crystal 'Fools Gold' Specimen Group [100]
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Natural History - Quartz Crystal Nodule
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Natural History - Historic 'Minehead, Somerset' Mossottite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Displaying sky-blue, light turquoise-blue and blue-white colours, collection number 390. 143 grams, 68 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card.