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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 - Grade A Cut and Polished Agate Slice Collection [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Each transparent and showing attractive banding. 257 grams total, 11.1-12 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 167 grams, 61 cm
Ex London collection, 2000s. -
Natural History - Historic 'Poland' Halite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Displaying cubic greyish white, white and colourless crystals, collection number 583. 236 grams, 19.5 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.