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LOT 2654
Natural History - Large Cut Petrified Fossil Tree Trunk Slice
TRIASSIC PERIOD, 251-199 MILLION YEARS B.P.
10 1/4 in. (1.41 kg, 26 cm).
Showing bark detail on the edges, the cut faces showing attractive agatized patterns. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2654
Natural History - Large Cut Petrified Fossil Tree Trunk Slice
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Restrung using polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 196 grams, 64 cm long
Private UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Natural History - Brachinite NWA 3151 Meteorite Slice
Found 2005 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A cut slice of brachinite, recorded as: Northwest Africa 3151; displayed in a Swiss membrane box with an inked 'NWA 3151' to one side. 13 grams, 64 mm (78.9 grams total, 10 x 10 cm including case)
From the Sahara, N.W. Africa. Ex Hupé collection, U.S.A. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
The total known weight of the meteorite is 1500 grams in a single oriented stone with a translucent honey brown crust, and it measured 115 mm x 130 mm x 85 mm prior to cutting. -
Natural History - Polished Stone Ball
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Mudstone sphere with mottled surface. 93 grams, 44 mm
Found on a Roman site near Tattershall, Lincolnshire, UK. Ex old British collection.
