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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 - Historic Galena Crystal Formation
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4
The tabular crystals on quartz matrix. 75 grams, 50 mm
From Nenthead, Cumberland, UK. Collected in person in 1965. From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life. -
Natural History - Historic Galena Crystal Formation
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
The tabular crystals on a matrix with siderite. 70 grams, 95 mm
From Nenthead, Cumberland, UK. Collected in person in 1965. From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life. -
Natural History - Extinct Genus of Prehistoric Fossil Salamander Skeleton
Middle Miocene Period, circa 13 million year B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
From Chelotriton paradoxus (Pomel, 1853) on a thin stone matrix mounted on a fibreglass box matrix. 808 grams, 18.5 cm
From Gacko Formation, Gracanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia. From an old Bristol, UK, collection.
