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LOT 2158
Natural History - Large Crinoid Fossil Display Plate
SILURIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 443-416 MILLION YEARS B.P.
13 3/4 in. (6 kg, 35 cm).
Presenting two large Scyphocrinus elegans crinoids with remains of other crinoids. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, North Africa.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut & Polished Green Porphyry Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
A large lacquered cut section mined in Greece, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times. 574 grams, 23 cm
From Greece. Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Also known as Lapis Lacedaemonius and Porfido Verde Antico, a type of green porphyry quarried in Greece. Spartan basalt is a form of andesite or volcanic rock known today only from a single source in the village of Krokees on the Peloponnese in Greece. In addition, ancient sources mention a quarry of Lapis Lacedaemonius in Taygetus. -
Natural History - Fossil Agadir Ammonite
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Freestanding Mellitella sp. ammonite. 1.33 kg, 12 cm wide
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Dragonfly Larvae
Miocene Period, circa 16 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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From Piedmont, Italy. Acquired during the 1980s. From an old Bristol, UK, collection.
