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LOT 2696
Natural History - Grade A Cut and Polished Agate Slice Collection [3]
4 3/8 - 4 3/4 in. (257 grams total, 11.1-12 cm).
Each transparent and showing attractive banding. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2696
Natural History - Grade A Cut and Polished Agate Slice Collection [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Mixed Historic Fossil Collection
Permian-Pliocene Period, circa 298-2.4 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising fossilised wood, leaf fossils, a gastropod mollusc, sea urchin, nautilus shell, a bivalve, gastropods on a matrix, and a replica beetle on a matrix; all fossils with old labels. 1.62 kg total, 7.6-11.9 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic information card. -
Natural History - Fossil Ammonite Group
Jurassic Period, circa 200 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Promicroceras planicosta with iron stained surface giving a beautiful contrast in colour, from the Lower Lias, Obtusum Zone. 42.53 grams, 67 mm
From Queen Camel, Somerset, UK, in 2008. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page with reference no.AMM7149. -
Natural History - Fossil Wolf Skull in Matrix
Late Pliocene-early Pleistocene Period, circa 5.3 million-60,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
The majority of Canis teilhardi skull in matrix with some other bone fragments. 1.28 kg, 19 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman formed since 2003.