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LOT 2209
Natural History - Polished Copal with Insects
3 5/8 in. (18 grams, 92 mm).
With several insect inclusions including ants and flying insects. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Collection
Jurassic to Cretaceous Period, circa 180-60 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: a mosasaur tooth with an information card; a spinosaurus tooth with an information label; a fish vertebra with an information label; an ichthyosaur vertebra from Weymouth, Dorset; a plesiosaur vertebra and a partial paddle bone from Lyme Regis. 884 grams total, 3-10.1 cm
Found Lyme Regis, Weymouth, UK, and Morocco, North Africa. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
Natural History - Fossil Whitby Dac Ammonite Cluster
Lower Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A cut matrix with numerous overlapping Cymbites and Arnioceras sp. specimens. 729 grams, 15 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Mifflin Meteorite
Found 14 April 2010 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Mifflin meteorite crumb in a drum-shaped capsule. 0.005 grams, 2 mm
Found in Wisconsin, USA, while filming an episode of the TV series Meteorite Men. Acquired from Steve Arnold, co-star of 'Meteorite Men'. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK. Accompanied by an authenticity card signed by Steve Arnold.
