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LOT 2596
Natural History - Mixed Fossil Shark and Fish Teeth Display
CRETACEOUS-EOCENE PERIOD, 70-45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
13 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (916 grams, 34.6 x 24.5 cm).
A glazed display case with mounted specimens of various teeth, vertebrae and ray palates, with identifying labels. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2596
Natural History - Mixed Fossil Shark and Fish Teeth Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Natural History - Large Historic 'Romania' Quartz with Pyrite and Sphalerite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Displaying fine examples of hopper quartz crystals and well-formed sphalerite crystals; purchased for £30.00 from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd, in the 1980s, with an old label. 1.08 kg, 12.7 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: enargite with quartz from Montana, USA, collection number 528; green fluorite from Cumbria, England, collection number 435; kunzite from Minas Gerais, Brazil, collection number 476; aragonite, collection number 140; arsenopyrite from England, collection number 47; colourless calcite, collection number 410; pyrite and chlorite in matrix slate from Devonshire, England, collection number 46; selenite from Sahara Desert, Libya, collection number 349; cuboid limonite from USA, collection number 498, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. 142 grams total, 18-66 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Enstatite Happy Canyon Meteorite Slice
Found 1971 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
A scarce enstatite achondrite stony meteorite section; displayed in a Swiss membrane box with an inked 'H314.52 to one side. 7.57 grams, 29 mm (61 grams total, 99 x 75 mm including case)
Ex American Meteorite Laboratory specimen number H314.52. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by an old original identification card.
The Happy Canyon meteorite specimen was ploughed up on the R.L. Grigsby farm about 2 km northwest of Wayside, Texas in 1971; the original weight of the complete specimen was reported as 16.3 kg.
