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LOT 2512
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Trinket Box
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 7/8 x 3 3/4 in. (912 grams, 15 x 9.6 cm).
A rectangular lidded box carved from fossiliferous stone showing multiple Orthoceras sp. specimens. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2512
Natural History - Polished Fossil Orthoceras Trinket Box
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Sea Fossil Collection
Silurian-Eocene Period, circa 420-50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising: Athleta luctator shell from Barton Beds, Hampshire, UK, ex professor Gordon Walkden collection, UK; Cretaceous Micraster species sea urchin from St. Margaret's Bay, near Dover, Kent, UK; Silurian fossil seabed section with brachiopods, crinoid stems, and remains of other sea creatures from Wenlock limestone, Dudley, East Midlands, and from an old British collection. 282 grams total, 5.5-10.8 cm
From Dudley, West Midlands, UK. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page for the shell. -
Natural History - Historic Large Tourmaline in Quartz Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
The specimen with a large deep blue to blue-green tourmaline crystal embedded in a large quartz crystal, collection number 336. 3.02 kg, 14.5 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. -
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Natural History - Grade A Cut and Polished Agate Slice Collection [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Each displaying quartz crystal filled internal cavity, in enhanced blue colour. 358 grams total, 12-14.5 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
