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LOT 2271
Natural History - Fossilised Wood Slice
TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 230 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 3/4 in. (1 kg, 19.6 cm).
Polished to both sides. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Tooth with Root Group
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Each Mosasaur Prognathodon sp. tooth on composite rock. 920 grams total, 13 cm each
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Fern Nodules
Carboniferous Period, circa 310 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising a pair of nodule halves, each containing a fern specimen. 96 grams total, 65-81 mm
From Mazon Creek, Pennsylvania, Illinois, USA. Ex Bristol, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Moss Agate Cabochon
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Of oval form with a domed upper face; polished; held in a box labelled 'purchased in Darjeeling, India, 1961'. 1.87 grams, 17 mm
Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P.R.of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members.
