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LOT 2418
Natural History - Pyrite Chunk 'Fools Gold' Specimen Group [100]
3/4 - 1 3/8 in. (1.3 kg total, 20-35 mm).
Comprising a number of specimens with metallic lustre. [100, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2418
Natural History - Pyrite Chunk 'Fools Gold' Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Fossil Ginko Leaf
Carboniferous Period, 359-299 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
On an irregular matrix. 102 grams, 75 mm
From the Sentinel Butte Formation, Morton County, North Dakota, USA. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Carcharocles megalodon tooth with some good polished enamel. 76.2 grams, 79 mm
From Florida, USA. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Fossil Turtle Coprolite
Eocene Period, circa 50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
Comprising a large example of turtle coprolite (fossilised turtle excrement). 181 grams, 76 mm
From the Wilkes Formation, Salmon Creek, Lewis County, Washington, USA. Acquired during the 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.