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LOT 2240
Natural History - Large Fossil Clavilithes Gastropod
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 40 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/8 in. (180 grams, 13 cm).
Clavilithes macrospira; supplied in a cardboard specimen tray. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire, UK.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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Natural History - Historic Italian Scolecite Crystal Formation
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising a radiating cluster of thin white and light-green crystals. 13.7 grams, 38 mm
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Natural History - Cave Hyena Upper Jaw
Pleistocene Period, 90,000-40,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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From the private collection of a London gentleman.
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Middle Ordovician Period, circa 450 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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