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LOT 0429
Natural History - Large Banded Agate Sphere
4 3/4 in. (3.16 kg, 12.1 cm).
With attractive dense brown and white circumferential banding forming an 'eye' design at the top; accompanied by a display stand.
ProvenanceEx Harrods, London, UK.
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Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur and Otodus Shark Tooth on Matrix
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
The group comprising an Otodus obliquus tooth and a Prognathodon sp. tooth on individual matrices. 958 grams total, 9.4-11.5 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Asbestos Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Cut section showing thin fibrous crystals; supplied in a display box. 82 grams, 62 mm
Collected in person from various parts of the world mainly between 1957-1966. 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. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Group
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising two polished, dome-shaped masses, each with a central Goniatite sp. specimen and other fossils. 818 grams total, 11.5 cm each
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.