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LOT 1924
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000 B.P.
3 in. (100 grams, 78 mm).
Carcharocles megalodon tooth with some good enamel. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Florida, USA.
Collected between 1930 and 1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Column
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star Group
Middle Ordovician Period, circa 450 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Historic South African Gold Ore Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
With a number of speckles on a host rock. 40.7 grams, 65 mm
From Eastdrifontain Witwaterland, South Africa. Collected in person from various parts of the world mainly between 1957-1966. From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.
