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LOT 2174
Natural History - Insect in Polished Baltic Amber
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1/2 in. (0.41 grams, 13 mm).
Polished to highlight the intact fly inclusion. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of the vendor's father, thence by descent.
From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
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LOT 2174
Natural History - Insect in Polished Baltic Amber
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Natural History - British Fossil Bison Bone Collection
Pleistocene Period, circa 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising sections of ribs, vertebrae and other bones from Bison priscus. 1.32 kg total, 7.5-40 cm
From Oxfordshire, UK. From a Norfolk, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Iridescent Fossil Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, circa 113-100 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Cleoniceras besairiei with large portions of the shell with rainbow iridescence. 242 grams, 10 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Group of Al Haggounia 001 Meteorites
Found Sahara 2006 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising fourteen variously sized samples. 22.3 grams total, 13.6-22.4 mm
Ex 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.
