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LOT 2304
Natural History - Polished Kambaba Orbicular Bacteria Jasper Palm Stone
CIRCA 3 BILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/8 in. (128 grams total, 60 mm).
Also known as crocodile jasper, polished to an egg-shaped specimen with attractive surfaces. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Ex Bristol, UK, collection.
This stromatolite formed in shallow waters from the build up of a group of cyanobacteria. It is also known as blue-green algae and their fossil record dates back almost three and a half billion years.
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LOT 2304
Natural History - Polished Kambaba Orbicular Bacteria Jasper Palm Stone
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Natural History - NWA 073 L6 Chondrite Meteorite Slice in Gem Case
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A cut slice of NWA 073 L6 chondrite meteorite, displayed in a collector's case. 5.26 grams total, 32 mm including case
From the Sahara Desert, North Africa. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Natural History - Fossil Keichousaurus Marine Reptile Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 250 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Complete Keichousaurus hui skeleton on a rectangular matrix. 3.95 kg, 34 cm
From Xingyi, Guizhou, China. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, and a member of the Pleurosaur family, and went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters, and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs. -
Natural History - Fossil Gibba Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Crotalocephalina gibba trilobite on a matrix. 148 grams, 67 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
