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LOT 2550
Natural History - 'North Sea' Fossil Woolly Mammoth Tooth
PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, 2.6 MILLION-11,700 YEARS B.P.
5 1/2 in. (1.05 kg, 14 cm).
A conserved and varnished Mammuthus primigenius tooth. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceDredged from the North Sea, probably from Brown Bank, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, UK.
From the private collection of Mr A Hills, Kent, UK.
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LOT 2550
Natural History - 'North Sea' Fossil Woolly Mammoth Tooth
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Natural History - Fossil Metcanthina Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, circa 419-358 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A Metacanthina barrandei trilobite showing shell structure, eyes and side antenna; on a matrix. 169 grams, 78 mm
From Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
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Natural History - Large Meteoritic Tektite Group [12]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Meteoric glass, melted terrestrial rock splashed from an impact crater, most roughly ovoid in shape. 969 grams total, 47-83 mm
From Mexico. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Tektites are lumps of black or dark grey natural glass produced from melted crustal rocks that are caused by large hypervelocity meteorite impacts on sediments. -
Natural History - Fossil Sinosura Brittlestar
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
On a matrix, possibly Sinosura kelheimense. 170 grams, 12 cm
From Stonhoffen, Germany. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
