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LOT 2375
Natural History - Large British Pleuroceras Fossil Ammonite Multi Display
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 180-178 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 3/4 in. (2.4 kg, 17 cm).
Showing specimens of Pleuroceras Paucicostatum fossil ammonites in a matrix, together with other inclusions; accompanied by a display stand.
ProvenanceFrom Hawsker, North Yorkshire, UK.
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LOT 2375
Natural History - Large British Pleuroceras Fossil Ammonite Multi Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Natural History - Fossil Morocops Trilobite Group
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising three Morocops (Barrandeops) sp. on individual matrices. 240 grams total, 46-54 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco. From an old Oxford, UK, paleontological collection. -
Natural History - British Arnioceras Fossil Ammonite Multiblock
Jurassic Period, circa 200-190 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
The amorphous matrix displaying multiple Arnioceras semicostatum fossil ammonite specimens. 2.2 kg, 22.5 cm
From the Holderness Coast, Yorkshire, UK. -
Natural History - Campo del Cielo Meteorite
Fell circa 6000-5000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
A nickel iron (IAB) meteorite with irregular surfaces and a composition of 92.9% iron, 6.7% nickel. 81 grams, 40 mm
Discovered 1576 A.D., Chaco Province, Argentina. Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
A crater field of roughly 26 craters was found in the vicinity of this crater, which is estimated to date to 4-5 thousand years BP. The age of the meteorite itself is thought to be c.4.5 billion years, formed as part of the development of this solar system. The largest two fragments, the 30.8 ton Gancedo and 28.8 ton El Chaco, are among the heaviest meteorite masses ever recovered on Earth. In 1576, the governor of a province in Northern Argentina commissioned the military to search for a large mass of iron, which it was believed local people claimed had fallen from the sky and which they used for their weapon production. The expedition discovered a large mass of metal which was assumed to be an iron mine and brought back a few samples, which were described as being of unusual purity. Following the legends, in 1774 Don Bartolomé Francisco de Maguna rediscovered the iron mass. He himself did not believe that the stone had fallen from the sky and assumed that it had formed by a volcanic eruption. However, he sent the samples to the Royal Society of London. In 1990 it became protected by law.
