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LOT 2453
Natural History - Large Display Piece of Polished Amber with Insects
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (32.6 grams, 75 mm).
Containing flies together with other inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK collection since the 1990s.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
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LOT 2453
Natural History - Large Display Piece of Polished Amber with Insects
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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Natural History - Chinese Nantan Meteorite
Fell 1516 A.D., found 1958 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Nickel iron meteorite (1AB), cleaned. 3.5 grams, 31 mm
Found Nantan, Nandan County, Guangzi Region, China. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Silver Moon Crystals, Southport, UK.
The Nantan meteorite fell in 1516, as recorded in ancient Chinese texts; the fall exploded during descent which resulted in a shower of many individual iron meteorites over an area some 28km x 8km in Nantan County, Guangxi, China. Classified as an iron meteorite; 111CD Course Octohedrite, the composition is approximately 92% iron, 6% nickel and contains more than ten other minerals including kamacite, taenite, dominate, plessite, schreibersite, triolite, graphite and others. In 2000, pieces of the Nantan meteorite were incorporated into an art installation for The Bull Ring Shopping Centre in Birmingham, England. Today, a plaque commemorates the occasion. -
Natural History - Triceratops Fossil Frill Bone Group
Upper Cretaceous Period, circa 70 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising a pair of frill bone sections. 261 grams total, 75-94 mm
From the Lance Creek Formation, Weston Co., Wyoming, U.S.A. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Fossil African 'T-Rex' Dinosaur Tooth
Cretaceous Period, 145-93 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Displaying remains of enamel and serrations, from the Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (African T-rex). 19.9 grams, 49 mm
From the Tegana formation of the Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired during the 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators of all time (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) and is related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus.
