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LOT 2466
Natural History - Large Polished Fossil Orthoceras Tower
UPPER DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 370 MILLION YEARS B.P.
18 1/2 in. (8.35 kg, 47 cm high).
Comprising a number of vertical Orthoceras sp. specimens on a freestanding matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2466
Natural History - Large Polished Fossil Orthoceras Tower
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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Natural History - Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Skull
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £22,750
A magnificent, full three-dimensional fossil skull of Mosasaur Prognathodon with upper and lower mandibles, eye sockets and brain cavity; including jaw teeth and throat teeth; some restoration; with custom-made display stand. 26.45 kg total, 95 cm wide (76 cm high including stand)
Previously in a French collection. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman. -
Natural History - Chinese Nantan Meteorite
Fell 1516 A.D., found 1958 A.DSold for (Inc. bp): £52
An amorphous fragment of nickel iron meteorite (1AB), cleaned. 3.25 grams, 23 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. -
Natural History - British Fossil Aspidoceras Ammonite Display with Incredible Spines
Jurassic Period, circa 200 million years B.P.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £833
Comprising an excessively large and rare specimen of Aspidoceras Logispinum, displaying superb lateral spines or tubercles; developed from the grey lias matrix. 5.5 kg, 27 cm
From North Yorkshire, UK.
