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LOT 2389
Natural History - Large Fossil Echinoid Display Pair
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 100 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 in. (2.8 kg, 17.5 cm).
Featuring two echinoid specimens in an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, North Africa.
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Natural History - Purple Coloured Crystal Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising two halves with enhanced coloured crystals. 770 grams total, 10.1-10.5 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Large Polished Fossil Orthoceras Tower
Upper Devonian Period, circa 370 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Comprising a number of vertical Orthoceras sp. specimens on a freestanding matrix. 8.35 kg, 47 cm high
From the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Brittlestar
Middle Ordovician Period, circa 450 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Ophiuroidea sp. on an irregular matrix. 430 grams, 16 cm
From El Kaid, Morocco. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
