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LOT 1714
Natural History - Large Kalahari Desert Wind Stone
3 3/8 in. (580 grams total, 85 mm).
A large wind-rounded pebble with its individual hollowed out 'nest', from the Kalahari Desert region, western Africa; set provided with a hessian draw-ribbon pouch. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Kalahari Desert.
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1714
Natural History - Large Kalahari Desert Wind Stone
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Ordovician Period, 485-444 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A fossil Petraster sp. starfish in matrix. 138 grams, 69 mm
From Katian Stage, Tioririne Formation, El Kaid Rami, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection. -
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Pleistocene Period, circa 40.000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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From Brown Bank, off Lowestoft, UK. Acquired before 1960. From an old Norwich, UK, collection. -
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Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
