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LOT 2361
Natural History - Mixed Mineral Specimen Collection
3/4 - 3 3/4 in. (2.9 kg total, 18-95 mm).
Comprising: yellow sulphur; a cut malachite specimen; smoky quartz point; vanadinite in a specimen box; agate slice; several cut geodes, and others. [18, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired from various sources within the UK.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
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Natural History - Polished Fossil Whitby Dac Ammonite Nodule
Lower Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, 182-174 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A polished and opened nodule with a Dactylioceras commune sp. specimen. 223 grams, 69 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Fossil Otodus Shark Tooth Plate
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising five Otodus obliquus teeth set on an irregular sandstone matrix. 1.1 kg, 15.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Imilac Pallasite Meteorite
Discovered in 1822 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Meteorite in a cuboid capsule; classified as a stony–iron pallasite, Imilac specimens are highly prized by meteorite collectors. 0.66 grams, 11 mm
Found in Chile's Atacama desert while filming an episode of the TV series Meterorite Men. Acquired from Steve Arnold, co-star of 'Meteorite Men'. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK. Accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity from Steve Arnold.
