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LOT 1914
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 3/8 in. (702 grams, 13.6 cm).
Freestanding and showing internal structure. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Flexicalymene Fossil Trilobite Nodule
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The nodule opened to reveal the positive and negative of the fossilised trilobite. 115 grams total, 52 mm each
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Natural History - Boxed Pyrite & Quartz on Sphalerite
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The sphalerite matrix with prismatic quartz crystals and pyritohedral pyrite crystals; supplied in a labelled specimen tray. 169 grams, 74 mm
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