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LOT 2176
Natural History - Historic Ulexite mineral Specimen Group
1 3/8 - 1 7/8 in. (57 grams total, 37-47 mm).
Comprising two colourless samples. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Bolivia.
Collected in person in 1968.
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 2176
Natural History - Historic Ulexite mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
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Natural History - Extinct Fossil Shark and Other Tooth Collection
Cretaceous-Eocene Period, 70-50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection. -
Natural History - British Bison Bone Group
Pleistocene Period, circa 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising sections of ribs, leg and other bones from Bison priscus. 1.98 kg total, 9-30.3 cm
From Oxfordshire, UK. From a Norfolk, UK, collection. -
Natural History - British Fossil Scallop
Jurassic Period, circa 165-200 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising an almost complete Pseudopecten acuticostata and remains of other fossils on the matrix. 179 grams, 86 mm
From Blockley Quarry, Gloucestershire, UK. From a Norfolk, UK, collection.