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LOT 2523
Natural History - Fossilised Wood Slice Group
TRIASSIC PERIOD, 230 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 7/8 - 3 1/4 in. (500 grams total, 72-82 mm).
Comprising three slices displaying some fine details. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
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Natural History - Large Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite and Galena Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
With clear quartz crystal clusters; supplied in a cardboard specimen tray. 567 grams, 10.9 cm
Very fine condition.
Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Otodus Fossil Shark's Teeth in Large Matrix
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
The composite matrix set with a group of nine fossil Otodus sp. shark's teeth. 4.1 kg, 24 cm
Fine condition.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Insects in Baltic Amber Group
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising seven specimens containing insects together with other inclusions. 2.57 grams total, 9-19 mm
Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.