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LOT 2541
Natural History - Mocha Stone (Dendritic Limestone) Tile Group [3]
2 1/2 - 3 5/8 in. (218 grams total, 65-92 mm).
Superb examples exhibiting finely formed dendrites of manganese oxide. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom India.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2541
Natural History - Mocha Stone (Dendritic Limestone) Tile Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Polished Douvilleiceras Fossil Ammonite Group
Middle Cretaceous Period, circa 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising three Douvilleiceras sp. (sometimes known as a goat horn) polished to reveal rich calcites and suture patterns. 120 grams total, 45-46 mm
From the North-East Coast of Madagascar in the jungles of Mahajanga. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Large Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut & Polished Green Porphyry Sheet
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
A very large lacquered cut section, mined in Greece, cut and polished on one side, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times. 1.01 kg, 32 cm
From Greece. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Flexicalymene Fossil Trilobite Group
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Three Flexicalymene sp. trilobites from nodules. 351 grams total, 71-86 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
