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LOT 2273
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras on Rock
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 1/8 in. (1.2 kg, 15.7 cm).
Comprising a bullet-shaped Orthoceras sp. specimen showing internal chambers, and two further polished shapes showing partials. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - British Fossil Ammonite Nodule Group
Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, 182-174 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising two opened nodules showing the negative and positive of Dactylioceras commune fossil. 709 grams total, 65-89 mm
Found in near Cheltenham, UK. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
Natural History - Mosasaur Jaw on Composite Matrix
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising a pair of jaw fragments with teeth set on a composite matrix. 1.17 kg, 19 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Mixed Fossil and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Including rock crystal pebble, desert rose (baryte) crystals, flint nodules and other types. 1.1 kg total, 32-96 mm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
