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LOT 1945
Natural History - Polished Goniatite Button Fossil Ammonite Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/4 - 3 3/8 in. (681 grams total, 57-87 mm).
A group of five polished fossil Goniatite sp. ammonites in different sizes. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, North Africa.
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 1945
Natural History - Polished Goniatite Button Fossil Ammonite Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Natural History - Polished Agate Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A cut and polished natural coloured banded agate mineral specimen. 331 grams, 11 cm
From Salto do Jucui, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Private collection, Munster, Germany. -
Natural History - Fossil Shrimp Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 110 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A pair of Carpopenaeus sp. shrimps in matrix. 229 grams total, 71-84 mm
From Hjoula, Lebanon. Acquired in the 1980s. From an old Bristol, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Nantan Meteorite
Fell 1516 A.D., found 1958 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A nickel iron meteorite (111CD) with a composition of 92.35% iron and 6.96% nickel. 28.1 grams, 40 mm
From Nantan Nandan County, Guangxi Region, China. From an old Lincoln, UK, collection.
The Nantan meteorite fell in 1516, as recorded in ancient Chinese texts; the fall exploded during descent which resulted in a shower of many individual iron meteorites over an area some 28km x 8km in Nantan County, Guangxi, China. Classified as an iron meteorite; 111CD Course Octohedrite, the composition is approximately 92% iron, 6% nickel and contains more than ten other minerals including kamacite, taenite, dominate, plessite, schreibersite, triolite, graphite and others.
