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LOT 2334
Natural History - Insects in Baltic Amber
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 50 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7/8 in. (2.8 grams, 22 mm).
A polished piece of amber containing insect and other inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Baltic region.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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Natural History - Large Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut & Polished Green Porphyry Sheet
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A very large lacquered cut section, mined in Greece, cut and polished on one side, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times. 1.01 kg, 32 cm
From Greece. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Leaf Group
Eocene Period, circa 58 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Two matrices containing fossil leaves of the Salix sp. and a Betula sp. (birch) together with other partials. 137 grams total, 7.3-13 cm
From Wyoming (Green River Formation), Uintah County, Utah, USA. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
