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LOT 2354
Natural History - Malawi Agate Cut and Polished Natural Bowl
5 1/4 in. (982 grams, 13.3 cm).
The specimen cut on one side to reveal the internal light-coloured cavity, the edges polished with dark brown and grey banding. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Malawi, East Africa.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2354
Natural History - Malawi Agate Cut and Polished Natural Bowl
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Fossil Megalodon Shark Tooth
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Carcharocles megalodon tooth displaying some good polished enamel. 198 grams, 95 mm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Carcharodon megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in vertebrate history and likely had a profound impact on structuring of the marine communities. Fossil remains indicate that this giant shark reached a length of more than 16 meters (52 ft) and also affirm that it had a cosmopolitan distribution. Scientists suggest that in life it looked like a stockier version of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. -
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Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Including at least one fly; with a polished body. 2.89 grams, 25 mm
Ex private UK collection formed in the 1980s. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Column
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising polished Orthoceras sp. specimens on a textured freestanding matrix. 1.85 kg, 24 cm high
From the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
