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LOT 2168
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite and Orthoceras Stand
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/4 in. (810 grams, 16 cm high).
Both set on a textured freestanding matrix and polished to reveal the internal gas chambers. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2168
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite and Orthoceras Stand
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Mini Agate Crystal Geode Half Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising various colours, most displaying crystals to the exposed inner faces. 685 grams total, 20-42 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Large Green Fuchsite Mineral Specimen Group [10]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5
Comprising large irregular chunks of pale green chrome mica. 3.55 kg total, 10.6-15.5 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Cave Bear Lower Jaw
Pleistocene Age, circa 40,000-20,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
From the left side lower jaw of Ursus spelaeus displaying a canine and two other teeth. 314 grams, 25 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman.
The cave bear was a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia, and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum.