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LOT 2741
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 or Pleuroceras hawskerensefossil ammonites in a matrix, together with other inclusions; accompanied by a display stand.
ProvenanceFrom Hawsker, North Yorkshire, UK.
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LOT 2741
Natural History - Large British Pleuroceras Fossil Ammonite Multi Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
Middle Cretaceous Period, 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Revealing the distinctive structure of the Cleoniceras sp. chambers, some iridescence to outer surfaces. 245 grams total, 10.2 cm each
Collected 1930-1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
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Natural History - Fossil Reedops Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A Reedops sp. trilobite on matrix, clearly showing the external structures. 230 grams, 88 mm
From the Hamar Laghdad Formation, Atlas Mountains, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxfordshire fossil and mineral collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising: ferruginous quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 438, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; a cut and polished agate geode slice from Brazil, collection number 351; apophyllite from Poona, Bombay, India, collection number 176; brochantite on quartz from Bingham, New Mexico, USA, collection number 614, with an old Simon Harrison Minerals label; kyanite from Graves Mountain, Georgia, USA, collection number 616; wulfenite with mimetite from San Francisco Mine, Sonora, Mexico, collection number 488; a cut and polished agate slice from Brazil, collection number 364; a cut section of agate geode, collection number 32; eight specimens of brown crystal. 358 grams total, 24-74 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
