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LOT 2395
Natural History - Natural Fossil Whitby Dac Ammonite Nodule
LOWER JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, 182-174 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/4 - 3 3/8 in. (340 grams total, 56-86 mm).
Comprising an opened nodule with a Dactylioceras commune sp. specimen. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2395
Natural History - Natural Fossil Whitby Dac Ammonite Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
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Natural History - Amethyst Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising lavender-coloured prismatic crystals on a freestanding cut matrix. 283 grams, 72 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Prehistoric Skull Replica
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
With narrow brain-pan and prominent incisor and canine teeth; perhaps Australopithecus. 1.54 kg, 20.5 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Natural History - Huge Sliced Section of Fossilised 'Rainbow' Wood
235 million years B.P.Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Petrified tree section of 40-46mm thickness with finely polished finish to upper and lower faces and set into resin; edges slightly chamfered. 26.2 kg, 68 cm
From the private collection of Mr J.G., UK, a company executive.
The petrified wood from Araucarioxylon arizonicum is often referred to as "rainbow wood" due to the variety of subtle, warm colours it exhibits, mainly in the red-orange range from hematite and limonite inclusions within the silica.
