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LOT 2515
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite Display
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7 7/8 in. (2.36 kg, 20 cm high).
Comprising four Goniatite sp. set on a textured freestanding matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Large Polished Fossil Ammonite Platter
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
A circular composite plate of overlapping Cleoniceras sp. ammonites. 755 grams, 24.5 cm
From Madagascar. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
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Natural History - Mastodon Bone Face Carving
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Displaying a later carved stylised face with exaggerated facial detailing. 83 grams, 69 mm
Private UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Natural History - Mixed Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: five mineral specimens in glass bottles; gypsum from Mexico, collection number 79; cerussite from Ireland, collection number 284; granite from England, collection number 406; quartzite from North Transvaal, South Africa; and three large mineral specimens. 5.25 kg total, 2.5-19 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. Four specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
