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LOT 2463
Natural History - Large Oum Dreyga Meteorite with Full Fusion Crust
FELL 16 OCTOBER 2003 A.D., 0200 HRS
4 x 4 in. (157 grams total, 10 x 10 cm including box).
An example of an ordinary chondrite H3-5 stone meteorite displayed in a Swiss membrane box with aluminium identification label; Gour Lafkah, Western Sahara. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Gour Lafkah, Western Sahara.
Ex French collection.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Meteoritica dated 2 April 2009.
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LOT 2463
Natural History - Large Oum Dreyga Meteorite with Full Fusion Crust
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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Natural History - Knightia Fossil Fish Group
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising three specimens on limestone matrices. 163 grams total, 7.1-11 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 - Insects in Baltic Amber Group
Oligocene Age, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising six pieces of amber, each containing flies together with other inclusions. 2.65 grams total, 11-24 mm
Collected 1930-1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Fossil Morocops Trilobite Group
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising three Morocops (Barrandeops) sp. on individual matrices. 240 grams total, 46-54 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco. From an old Oxford, UK, paleontological collection.
