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LOT 2679
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Cluster Display
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
8 7/8 in. (1.25 kg, 22.5 cm).
With bullet-shaped Orthoceras specimens on a textured background. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2679
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Cluster Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Polished Goniatite Jewellery Box
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A rectangular lidded jewellery or trinket box, polished and cut from a single block containing multiple Goniatite sp. and other fossil specimens. 646 grams, 12.6 x 7.3 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Fossil Fern Leaves in Matrix
Carboniferous Period, 358-298 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
An amorphous matrix containing several Alethopteris sp. specimens. 656 grams, 26 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 identification card. -
Natural History - Mixed Fossil Collection
Devonian-Late Pleistocene Period, 395 million-125,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A group of fossils comprising: four polished Orthoceras sp. specimens; two polished Goniatite sp. specimens; a Dactylioceras commune trilobite; a Hildoceras bifrons ammonite; two Littorina littorea gastropods; and other fossils. 1.3 kg total, 2.5-12.6 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.