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LOT 2073
Natural History - Large Cut and Polished Septarian Egg Half
7 5/8 in. (3.28 kg, 19.5 cm).
The attractive internal structure filled with yellow and brown aragonite crystals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2073
Natural History - Large Cut and Polished Septarian Egg Half
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Polished to a roughly rectangular shape with insect and other inclusions. 3.5 grams, 31 mm
From a North American collection. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Sikhote Alin Meteorite
12th February 1947 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
An iron meteorite (chemical group IIAB) with a coarse octahedrite structure. 11.6 grams, 24 mm
From Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorye, Russia. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Sikhote-Alin meteorite fell during daylight at 10:38 am. local time on 12th February, 1947. Witnesses reported a fireball that was brighter than the sun. It came from about 15 degrees east of north and descended at an angle of 41 degrees. It left a trail of smoke and dust 20 miles long which lingered for several hours. Light and sound of the fall were observed for two hundred miles around the point of impact. -
Natural History - Large Fossil Shark Vertebra
Upper Palaeocene Period, circa 56 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
From Otodus obliquus Agassiz 1843 (mackerel shark). 254 grams, 85 mm
From Ouled Abdoun Basin Formation (Phosphate beds), Oued Zem, Morocco. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
