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LOT 2861
Natural History - Polished Copal with Insects
OVER 3 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 in. (61 grams, 10 cm).
Containing several insects and other inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Book Ends
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
A pair of bookends formed from fossiliferous stone showing multiple goniatite and orthoceras fossils, two large Goniatite sp. fossils set to the frontal face. 3.58 kg total, 16.2 cm each
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: orange calcite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 314; cupro-adamite on goethite from Laurium, Greece, collection number 523 with old Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd label; a cut and polished amethyst section from Brazil, collection number 360; sodalite, collection number 84; grey agate, collection number 165; four samples of marcasite from Sparta, Illinois, USA, collection number 612; epidote on quartz from Cape Province, South Africa, collection number 418; realgar on orpiment from Nevada, USA, collection number 147 with an old Gemstones Ltd. invoice; green conichalcite, collection number 497. 433 grams total, 37-73 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
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Natural History - Fossil Turtle Coprolite Group
Eocene Period, circa 50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising a pair of coprolites. 300 grams total, 75-83 mm
From the Wilkes Formation, Salmon Creek, Lewis County, Washington, USA. Acquired during the 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
