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LOT 2620
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Book Ends
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 3/8 in. (3.58 kg total, 16.2 cm each).
A pair of bookends formed from fossiliferous stone showing multiple goniatite and orthoceras fossils, two large Goniatite sp. fossils set to the frontal face. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Natural History - Historic Collection of Fossils
Paleozoic-Miocene Period, 541-5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: three molluscs, echinoidea, graptolite, five ammonite fragments, a nummulite, and two coral specimens. 826 grams total, 28-80 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. Eleven specimens accompanied by an original historic information card. -
Natural History - Historic 'Italy' Sulphur on Aragonite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Large specimen with lemon-yellow crystals, collection number 516; repaired. 778 grams, 15.5 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
