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LOT 2501
Natural History - NWA 6162 Mars Rock Meteorite
DISCOVERED IN 2009 A.D.
2 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (8 grams total, 56 x 36 mm including case).
Classified as a Martian meteorite by the Meteoritical Society and details of its composition can be found on their website. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound North West Africa.
Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite Halves
Middle Cretaceous Period, 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Displaying the distinctive structure of the chambers of Cleoniceras sp. ammonite with some iridescence; chip to edge of one half. 190 grams total, 87-90 mm
From Madagascar. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Fossil African 'T-Rex' Dinosaur Tooth
Cretaceous Period, 145-93 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Displaying remains of enamelling and serration, from Carcharodontosaurus saharicus. 5.05 grams, 32 mm
From the Tegana formation of the Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired during the 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators of all time (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) and is related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus. -
Natural History - Polished Douvilleiceras Ammonite Group
Middle Cretaceous Period, 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising three polished specimens with clean centres. 125 grams total, 45-49 mm
From the North-East Coast of Madagascar in the jungles of Mahajanga. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
