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LOT 2492
Natural History - Mastodon Fossil Tusk Carving
PLIOCENE PERIOD, 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/4 in. (121 grams, 83 mm).
Featuring a later carved stylised face in relief. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx private collection of a Shropshire, UK, gentleman, 1990s.
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Natural History - Chinese Nantan Meteorite
Fell 1516 A.D., found 1958 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Nickel iron meteorite (1AB), cleaned. 3.5 grams, 31 mm
Found Nantan, Nandan County, Guangzi Region, China. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Silver Moon Crystals, Southport, UK.
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. -
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Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Restrung using polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 93 grams, 64 cm long
Ex private collection of a Shropshire, UK, gentleman, 1990s. -
Natural History - Polished Goniatite Display
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
The ammonoid cephalopod on a textured matrix, polished to reveal the internal gas chambers. 1.24 kg, 21.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
