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LOT 2020
Natural History - Polished Fossil Nautilus
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 120 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (215 grams, 76 mm).
A polished fossil Cymatoceras sakalavus nautilus. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the jungles of Mahajanga on the North West coast of Madagascar.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Crab
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From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Large 75.5 Carat Hexagonal Ruby Crystal
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Fine condition, chipped.
Ex UK art market, 1970s. Property of a London gentleman. -
Natural History - British Heteromorph Fossil Ammonite with Bivalves Display
Jurassic Period, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
A heteromorph fossil Spiroceras annulatum ammonite together with Neocrassina miodularis bivalves in an amorphous matrix; collector's hand written label 'Burton Bradstock 1002' to reverse; Inferior Oolite, Garantiana Zone. 972 grams, 16.5 cm
From Burton Bradstock, Dorset, UK. Property of a Leicestershire, UK, private collector.
