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LOT 1943
Natural History - Large Fossil Clavilithes Gastropod
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 40 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/4 in. (263 grams, 13.5 cm).
Clavilithes macrospira showing a good structure of the shell; supplied in a cardboard specimen tray. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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Natural History - Large Pink Dolomite Specimen Group [20]
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Natural History - 'English' Polished Explosion Breccia Pebble
Circa 2.7 billion years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
With distinctive random dark grey and cream formation with traces of orange-pink within the cream sections. 57 grams, 60 mm
From Wheal Remfry China Clay Pit, St. Austell, Cornwall, UK. Ex English collection. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Orange Realgar Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5
The bright orange and red crystals on a host rock. 92 grams, 52 mm
Collected in person in 1966. From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.
