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LOT 2504
Natural History - Sahara Desert Stony Iron Meteorite
2 3/4 in. (80 grams, 71 mm).
Irregular mass with a natural fracture line. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Sahara Desert Morocco.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Star Fish Group
Ordovician Period, circa 485.4-443.8 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising three irregular matrices, two containing a single specimen of Petraster sp. and the third with two partial specimens. 671 grams total, 10.1-11.4 cm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Tooth with Root Group
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Each Mosasaur Prognathodon sp. tooth on composite rock. 920 grams total, 13 cm each
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Mixed Fossil Group
Jurassic to Carboniferous Period, 199-3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Mostly consisting of various species of ammonite, together with a number of shells. 362 grams total, 10-87 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.