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LOT 2393
Natural History - Mastodon Bone Face Carving
PLIOCENE PERIOD, 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 7/8 in. (106 grams, 72 mm).
Displaying a later carved stylised face with exaggerated facial detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
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Natural History - Large Polished 'Puddlestone'
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
With two lightly polished and laquered cut faces showing the internal structure of the specimen, approximately 50 mm thick. 3.56 kg, 24.6 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Deltadromeus Theropod Dinosaur Leg Bone Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 90 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Two front leg bone sections from the Dinosaur Deltadromeus agilis; one repaired. 389 grams total, 75-86 mm
From the Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German paleontological collection.
Deltadromeus meaning 'delta runner' has extraordinarily delicate and long limbs making it one of the fastest dinosaurs to have existed. This meat-eating dinosaur is an early off-shoot of the theropod line on northern continents that gave rise to Tyrannosaurus and the raptor Deinonychus. -
Natural History - Group of Al Haggounia 001 Meteorites
Found Sahara 2006 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising fourteen variously sized samples. 22.3 grams total, 13.6-22.4 mm
Ex Adrian Contreras, Crater Meteorites, Spain. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
The Enstatite-rich Al Haggounia 001 meteorite was found in 2006, and some of the material from this meteorite has also been reported under the name of Northwest Africa 2828 (NWA 2828). The material is heavily weathered and appears to be quite old, possibly 20,000 years. The Enstatite is accompanied by iron-nickel metal, sulphides, graphite, and Schreibersite.
