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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 - Sahara Desert Stony Iron Meteorite
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Irregular mass with a natural fracture line. 80 grams, 71 mm
From the Sahara Desert Morocco. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star
Ordovician Period, circa 450 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Ophiura sp. on an irregular matrix; repaired. 283 grams total, 12 cm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Chinese Nantan Meteorite
Fell 1516 A.D., found 1958 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
An amorphous fragment of nickel iron meteorite (1AB), cleaned. 4.16 grams, 28 mm
Found Nantan, Nandan County, Guangzi Region, China. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
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.
