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LOT 2128
Natural History - Historic Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite Pair
JURASSIC PERIOD, BACOCIAN STAGE, 168-172 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/8 in. (117 grams total, 79 mm each).
Cleoniceras sp. ammonite, polished to reveal the distinctive pattern of the cross section chambers. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Arbala, Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco Morocco, North Africa.
Collected in person in 2014.
From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.
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LOT 2128
Natural History - Historic Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite Pair
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Natural History - Group of Large Lilac Mica Mineral Samples [14]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5
Comprising variously sized and shaped examples. 866 grams total, 43-88 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Goniatite Polished Button Display
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising two rounded fossils with exposed gas chambers; supplied in a square frame for display. 69 grams total, 13 cm high including case
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Smilodon Tooth
Pleistocene Period, circa 2.5 million years–10,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
The saber tooth from Smilodon fatalis, commonly known as a saber-toothed tiger. 588 grams, 20 cm
From the La Brea Tar Pits, USA. Originally acquired from a USA dealer. From an old Northern Ireland collection.
Smilodon is a genus of the extinct machairodont subfamily of the felids. It is one of the best known saber-toothed predators and one of the most famous prehistoric mammals. Although commonly known as the saber-toothed tiger, it was not closely related to the tiger or other modern cats.