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LOT 2507
Natural History - Insects in Baltic Amber Group
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3/8 - 3/4 in. (2.57 grams total, 9-19 mm).
Comprising seven specimens containing insects together with other inclusions. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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Natural History - Large Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite and Galena Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
With clear quartz crystal clusters; supplied in a cardboard specimen tray. 567 grams, 10.9 cm
Very fine condition.
Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Polished Goniatite Display
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
The ammonoid cephalopod on a textured matrix, polished to reveal the internal gas chambers. 1.24 kg, 21.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Sporadoceras Goniatite Display
Upper Devonian Period, 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £34
Free-standing and polished through the shell to reveal the calcite preserved inside, showing the dividing gas chambers. 299 grams, 10.3 cm
From the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
