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LOT 2767
Natural History - 'Specimens Illustrating the Geology Around the Cheddar Caves' Mineral Specimen Collection
4 3/4 x 4 7/8 in. (57 grams total, 12 x 12.5 cm including folder).
In a card folder with a short information text and twelve labelled mineral specimens: limestone, marl, sandstone, flagstone, flowstone, calcite, pyrite, a fossil crinoid, limonite, galena, barytes and wad. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
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LOT 2767
Natural History - 'Specimens Illustrating the Geology Around the Cheddar Caves' Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Natural History - Fossil Orthoceras Column
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A freestanding display of bullet-shaped Orthoceras sp. specimens. 1.63 kg, 22 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Lunar NWA 10133 Meteorite Slice
Found 2014 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
A cut teardrop-shaped slice of feldspathic regolithic breccia, recorded as: Northwest Africa 10133; displayed in a Swiss membrane box and with an inked 'NWA 10133' to one side. 1.14 grams, 34 mm (47 grams total, 99 x 75 mm including case)
From North West Africa. Ex SV-Meteorites, Prague. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by an original identification card. -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Jaw on Composite Matrix
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
A large section of Mosasaur prognathodon jaw with eight teeth, set in a composite matrix with applied plaster reinforcement. 2.32 kg, 48 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.
