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LOT 2780
Natural History - Historic Amber Specimen with Fly
1/2 in. (0.40 grams, 13 mm).
Honey-coloured teardrop-shaped specimen with a small fly inclusion, collection number 456; supplied in a small collector's display box with magnifying lid. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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LOT 2780
Natural History - Historic Amber Specimen with Fly
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Teeth and Fish Bones
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising two matrices, each with a Mosasaur prognathodon tooth, and some other bone remains. 441 grams total, 8.5-10.2 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Angrite NWA 2999 Meteorite Slice
Found 2004 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
An irregular section of angrite meteorite recorded as: Northwest Africa 2999; displayed in a Swiss membrane box and with an inked 'NWA 2999' to one side. 1.73 grams, 20 mm (28.4 grams total, 84 x 59 mm including case)
From the Sahara Desert, North West Africa. Ex Hupé collection, U.S.A. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
This specimen fragment formed part of a group of twelve individual dark brown stones totalling 392 grams, each with a thin fusion crust, that were acquired by G. Hupé in August 2004 in Tagounite. -
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Natural History - Knightia Fossil Fish Plate
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
The rectangular matrix containing four Knightia alta sp. fish. 955 grams, 24.2 cm
From the Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA. Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time.
