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LOT 2807
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Bookends
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
4 3/4 in. (2.17 kg total, 12 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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LOT 2807
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Bookends
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Natural History - Quartz Crystal Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Split to reveal the internal enhanced purple crystal cavity. 138 grams, 65 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Flexicalymene Trilobite Cluster
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
An impressive mortality plate showing a tight cluster of Flexicalymene sp. trilobites. 3.3 kg, 21.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic 'Argentina' Rhodochrosite on Quartz Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Displaying rose-pink and white colours, collection number 380. 39 grams, 52 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
