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LOT 1798
Natural History - Large British Fossil Nautiloid
MIDDLE CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 150 MILLION YEARS B.P.
16 1/2 in. (22.2 kg, 42 cm).
The large specimen on a cut matrix with smaller ammonites and bivalves. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Yorkshire coast, UK.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - 'Irish' Cut and Polished Coral Reef Pebble
Carboniferous Period, circa 325 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Part of a coral reef that existed in a tropical sea that covered the British Isles when this part of the world was situated on the equator; in a cardboard specimen tray. 418 grams total, 9 cm
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Natural History - Historic Mixed Mineral Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: sphalerite; barite from Zambia; cassiterite; two samples of felspar pyromorphite; psilomelane dendrite; botryoidal haematite; Blue-John from Derbyshire; native silver; and a lava bomb from Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland. 782 grams total, 30-96 mm
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Natural History - Yellow Topaz Pebble Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising natural rough pebbles in a range of sizes. 438 grams total, 11-23 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
