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LOT 1830
Natural History - Large Cut and Polished Fossil Orthoceras
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 385-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 3/4 in. (610 grams total, 14.5 cm each).
The specimen showing the internal chambers and a small internal cavity with a quartz crystal. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
From an old Bristol, UK, collection.
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LOT 1830
Natural History - Large Cut and Polished Fossil Orthoceras
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
With unpolished cut surfaces. 1.8 kg total, 8.5-10.5 cm
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Natural History - British Fossil Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, 145-100.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Euhoplites probiscidus with regularly disposed spines to the outer shell; supplied in a wooden storage box. 20.3 grams, 42 mm
From a Norfolk, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Polished dark-coloured amber specimen with insect and other inclusions. 0.74 grams, 14 mm
From a North American collection. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.