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LOT 2024
Natural History - Malachite Crystal Specimen Group
2 1/4 - 2 5/8 in. (200 grams total, 58-68 mm).
A group of three crystalline malachite specimens; each held in a white card collector's tray. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom D.R.Congo.
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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Natural History - Polished Amber with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A polished amber specimen with insect inclusions. 1.9 grams, 27 mm
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Natural History - Sporadoceras Fossil Goniatite
Upper Devonian Period, 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
A large free standing Sporadoceras sp. goniatite, polished through to reveal the calcite preserved inside and showing the dividing gas chambers known as suture patterns. 805 grams, 15.5 cm
From the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Otodus Shark Teeth on Matrix
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A matrix set with five fossil Otodus sp. teeth, including examples with cusplet teeth and remains of enamelling. 1.97 kg, 18.2 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
