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LOT 2171
Natural History - Group of Al Haggounia 001 Meteorites
FOUND SAHARA 2006 A.D.
1/2 - 7/8 in. (22.3 grams total, 13.6-22.4 mm).
Comprising fourteen variously sized samples. [14, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Adrian Contreras, Crater Meteorites, Spain.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
The Enstatite-rich Al Haggounia 001 meteorite was found in 2006, and some of the material from this meteorite has also been reported under the name of Northwest Africa 2828 (NWA 2828). The material is heavily weathered and appears to be quite old, possibly 20,000 years. The Enstatite is accompanied by iron-nickel metal, sulphides, graphite, and Schreibersite.
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In enhanced dark blue colour. 249 grams total, 11-14.5 cm
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Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Teeth and Fish Bone Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising three Mosasaur prognathodon sp. teeth and various fish bone fragments on a sandstone matrices. 336 grams total, 78-89 mm
From in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.
