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LOT 2181
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras and Goniatite Display
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
10 3/8 in. (896 grams, 26.4 cm).
A large sized freestanding textured matrix with two Goniatite sp. specimens and a single Orthoceras sp. specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2181
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras and Goniatite Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Natural History - Pink Quartz Crystal Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
The nodule split in half to expose the crystal filled cavity with enhanced pink crystals. 127 grams total, 53 mm each
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Iridescent Fossil Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, circa 113-100 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A naturally iridescent Cleoniceras besairiei ammonite. 83 grams, 68 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Large Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Tooth Plate
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Comprising fourteen teeth, one with only a tip visible, and various jaw fragments set on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 9.75 kg, 47.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young.
