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LOT 2245
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Column
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 1/8 in. (1.66 kg, 23.2 cm high).
Comprising five polished Orthoceras sp. specimens on a textured freestanding matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2245
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Column
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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The white apophyllite crystals with salmon-pink stilbite. 78 grams, 70 mm
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Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth Group
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Natural History - Fossil Dicranurus Monstrosus Trilobite
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Showing the pair of horn-like spines behind the glabellum, specific for Dicranurus monstrosus odontopleurid trilobites. 599 grams, 15.5 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
