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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 - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: a cut and polished malachite nodule half from Katanga, Zaire, collection number 557; rhodochrosite, collection number 305; sodalite from Dumfries and Galloway, collection number 23; a cut and polished agate geode half, collection number 419; quartz on muscovite from Brazil, collection number 63; wolframite from Cornwall, England, collection number 161; baryte from Cumbria, England, collection number 13; quartz on bornite from Messini Mine, North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 199; chalcopyrite on quartz from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 304. 152 grams total, 16-67 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. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
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Natural History - Large Crinoid Fossil Display Plate
Silurian Period, 443-416 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Presenting a large Scyphocrinus elegans crinoid, in an amorphous sheet matrix. 5.6 kg, 35 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. -
Natural History - Historic 'Tsumeb, South West Africa' Calcite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Exhibiting stepped rhombohedral crystals, collection number 594, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. 250 grams, 10.1 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
