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LOT 2751
Natural History - Whitby Dac Fossil Ammonite Pair
JURASSIC PERIOD, TOARCIAN STAGE, CIRCA 180 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/2 in. (947 grams, 13.9 cm).
Containing two Dactylioceras tenuicostatum sp. specimens. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Whitby Dac, UK.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2751
Natural History - Whitby Dac Fossil Ammonite Pair
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Natural History - Large Historic 'Romania' Quartz with Pyrite and Sphalerite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Displaying fine examples of hopper quartz crystals and well-formed sphalerite crystals; purchased for £30.00 from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd, in the 1980s, with an old label. 1.08 kg, 12.7 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Large Fossil Diplomystus Fish Plate
Eocene Period, 58-36 million years B.P.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £225
Diplomystus sp. fossil fish on a matrix slab showing good detail to the spine and ribs. 9.4 kg, 46 x 61.5 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Large Sericho Pallasite Meteorite
Found in 2016 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
A large irregular mass of stony-iron meteorite. 1.33 kg, 13 cm
From Kenya, East Africa. Ex Adrian Contreras Gomez, Spain, IMCA member no.7412. Ex Dean collection; Essex, UK. Accompanied by Adrian Contreras Gomez authenticity identification card.
Sericho pallasite meteorites were found in a 45-kilometer strewn field in eastern Kenya, near the village of Habaswein in 2016, it was officially classified in 2018.
