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LOT 2226
Natural History - Meteorite Crater Tektite Specimen Collection
1 1/4 - 2 1/4 in. (227 grams total, 30-58 mm).
Pebble-like black specimens of meteoric glass of various shapes and sizes. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the personal collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
FootnotesTektites are lumps of black or dark grey natural glass produced from melted crustal rocks that are caused by large hypervelocity meteorite impacts on sediments.
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LOT 2226
Natural History - Meteorite Crater Tektite Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Restrung with tabular, tubular and other beads, metal spacers. 47 grams, 39 cm
Acquired on the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. Ex London, UK, gallery. -
Natural History - British Bison Bone Group
Pleistocene Period, circa 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Comprising two rib sections, three vertebrae and two bones from the feet. 1.02 kg total, 7-40 cm
From a Norfolk, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Fossil Otodus Shark Tooth Display
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising three Otodus obliquus teeth; supplied in a display frame. 6.9 grams total, 20-32 mm (43 grams total, 13 cm high including case)
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
