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LOT 2409
Natural History - Selenite Mineral Cluster
5 3/4 in. (585 grams, 14.5 cm).
Comprising several morphed 'desert rose' clusters of selenite blades. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Tree Trunk Section
Late Triassic Period, circa 225 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Cut and polished to reveal the internal structure; freestanding. 779 grams, 10.4 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Lepidodendron Fossil Tree Trunk Section
Carboniferous Period, 359-299 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Displaying the distinctive scale formation of the bark. 832 grams, 12.7 cm
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Natural History - Cut Fossil Ammonite Halves
Middle Cretaceous Period, 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Polished to reveal the distinctive structure of the Cleoniceras sp. chambers, some iridescence. 160 grams total, 86 mm each
From Madagascar. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
