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LOT 1898
Natural History - Polished Goniatite Button Fossil Ammonite Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 7/8 - 3 3/8 in. (590 grams total, 73-86 mm).
A group of five polished Goniatite sp. fossil ammonite 'buttons'. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Morocco, North Africa.
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 1898
Natural History - Polished Goniatite Button Fossil Ammonite Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Meteoritic Tektite Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £165
A group of eight black meteoritic tektites with pocked surfaces. 257 grams total, 37-68 mm
Fine condition.
Ex UK art market, 1970s. Property of a London gentleman.
Tektites are lumps of black or dark grey natural glass produced from melted crustal rocks that are caused by large hypervelocity meteorite impacts on sediments. -
Natural History - Cut and Polished Crystal Ball Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A group of four quartz crystal spheres, including three with old typed collection labels stating 'Brazil'. 178 grams total, 30-33 mm
From Brazil. Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Macrolepidotus Fish
Middle Devonian Period, circa 360 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
A fossil Osteolepis macrolepidotus fish in matrix. 830 grams, 18.5 cm
From Cruaday Hill Quarry, Orkney Isles, Scotland. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
