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LOT 2486
Natural History - Insect in Polished Baltic Amber
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7/8 in. (1 grams, 22 mm).
Polished to highlight the 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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Natural History - Amethyst Crystal Geode Section Group [10]
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Natural History - Fossil Scutellum Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A Scutellum sp. trilobite from the family Styginidae on a matrix. 222 grams, 77 mm
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Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Coaster Set
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising six round coasters in a holder, each polished and cut from a single block containing multiple Orthoceras sp. and other fossil specimens. 1.3 kg total, coaster: 95 mm diameter
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
