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LOT 2395
Natural History - Historic Boxed Troctolite and Eucrite Mineral Samples From Aberdeenshire and Ardnamurchan [2]
4 1/4 in. (1.1 kg total, 10.8-11 cm).
Comprising two large examples with old labels identifying them to be collection nos.52 and 53. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Scotland.
Ex Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Accompanied two old Gregory, Bottley & Co., Geologists tickets.
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LOT 2395
Natural History - Historic Boxed Troctolite and Eucrite Mineral Samples From Aberdeenshire and Ardnamurchan [2]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Fossil Hexagonia Coral
Devonian Period, circa 380 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Displaying the characteristic head formation. 215 grams, 79 mm
From the Western Sahara, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German paleontological collection. -
Natural History - British Promicroceras Fossil Ammonite Group
Jurassic Period, circa 190 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising three irregular matrices with Promicroceras planicosta specimens. 428 grams total, 40-94 mm
Found Charmouth, Dorset, England. -
Natural History - Fossil Bahariasaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 100-95 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A fossil tooth from the dinosaur Bahariasaurus ingens. 6.79 grams, 36 mm
From the Tegana Formation, Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired 1980s. Old Bristol, UK, collection.
Bahariasaurus ingens was a mid-sized carnivore, and the teeth are different from Carcharodontosaurus in being thinner but having a thicker more triangular X-section.
