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LOT 2456
Natural History - Large Natural Amber Specimen
6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
4 3/4 in. (285 grams, 12 cm).
Formed in a translucent, amorphous lump with possible inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired UK market.
Property of a Kent collector.
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Natural History - Fossil Triceratops Dinosaur Frill Bone Section
Upper Cretaceous Period, circa 70 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising a large rectangular section of the frill bone. 324 grams, 13.5 cm
From Lance Creek Formation, Weston Co., Wyoming, USA. Collected 1930-1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Fossil Spinosaurus Teeth
Cretaceous Period, Aptian Stage, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising a pair of Spinosaurs maroccanus teeth, one repaired. 43 grams total, 61-67 mm
From the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded plesiosaurs, pterosaurs, turtles and large fish. -
Natural History - Chinese Nantan Meteorite
Fell 1516 A.D., found 1958 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
An amorphous nickel iron Nantan meteorite (1AB), cleaned. 3.58 grams, 22 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.
