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LOT 2511
Natural History - Fossilised Wood Slice Group
TRIASSIC PERIOD, 230 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/4 - 4 in. (470 grams total, 8.4-10 cm).
Comprising three polished slices. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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Natural History - Insects in Copal
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Displaying several insects together with other inclusions. 19 grams, 15.5 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossilised Wood Slice Group
Triassic Period, 230 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising three polished slices. 470 grams total, 8.4-10 cm
Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - White Pecopteris Fossil Fern Group
Carboniferous Period, 359-299 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Contained in a matrix with specimens to both sides. 1.34 kg total, 20-21 cm
From St. Clair, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Acquired during the 1980s. From the Pradi Collection, Boston, U.S.A.
These fern fossils commonly found in coal-mining areas worldwide. However, the St. Clair ferns are treasured for their rarity and beauty, a result of the fossilised ferns gaining a coating of the mineral pyrophyllite which contrasts with the natural black shale matrix.
