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LOT 2693
Natural History - Large Fossil Ammonite
JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, CIRCA 180 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 1/8 - 4 1/2 in. (1.34 kg total, 10.5-11.5 cm).
Hildoceras sp. in an irregular matrix nodule. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Whitby, UK.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Large Polished Fossil Ammonite Platter
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
A circular composite plate of overlapping Cleoniceras sp. ammonites. 755 grams, 24.5 cm
From Madagascar. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Teeth and Fish Bones
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising two matrices, each with a Mosasaur prognathodon tooth, and some other bone remains. 441 grams total, 8.5-10.2 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: iron on matrix slate from England, collection number 89; quartz from a ploughed field, Speen, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, collection number 54; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295; septarian nodule from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; pseudomalachite with chrysocolla, collection number 394; cut slice of crazy laced agate, collection number 248; volcanic rock, collection number 531; a cut and polished slice of agate geode from Brazil, collection number 126; citrine from Brazil, collection number 379, with an old James Walker label and invoice dated 1979. 3.46 kg total, 7.8-24 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Six specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.