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LOT 2287
Natural History - Large NWA 15250 L5 Chondrite Meteorite Slice in Case
FOUND 2022 A.D.
3 3/8 in. (51 grams total, 84 mm wide including case).
The cut and polished slice held in a custom-made collector's display box. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Sahara Desert, North Africa.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
Accompanied by a specimen identification card from Adrian Contreras Gomez.
Chondrites are the oldest materials in the solar system with an estimated age of formation of 4.55 billion years.
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LOT 2287
Natural History - Large NWA 15250 L5 Chondrite Meteorite Slice in Case
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star Group
Ordovician Age, circa 450 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising three Ophiuroidea sp. on irregular matrices. 330 grams total, 75-95 mm
From El Kaid Errami, Tafilalt, Morocco. From an old German collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Guppy Fish Mortality Plate
Jurassic Period, circa 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
The irregular matrix with a number of Poecilia reticulate sp. fish. 620 grams, 20.5 cm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time. -
Natural History - Fossil Brittle Stars
Middle Ordovician Period, circa 450 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £34
Comprising a pair of Ophiuroidea sp. on an irregular matrix. 321 grams, 16.5 cm
From El Kaid, Morocco. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
