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LOT 2298
Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Tooth with Root Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/8 - 3 7/8 in. (127 grams total, 60-99 mm).
Comprising a pair of Mosasaur Prognathodon sp. teeth with root; one repaired. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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The Nantan meteorite fell in 1516, as recorded in ancient Chinese texts; the fall exploded during descent which resulted in a shower of many individual iron meteorites over an area some 28km x 8km in Nantan County, Guangxi, China. Classified as an iron meteorite; 111CD Course Octohedrite, the composition is approximately 92% iron, 6% nickel and contains more than ten other minerals including kamacite, taenite, dominate, plessite, schreibersite, triolite, graphite and others. In 2000, pieces of the Nantan meteorite were incorporated into an art installation for The Bull Ring Shopping Centre in Birmingham, England. Today, a plaque commemorates the occasion. -
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