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LOT 2302
Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
DEVENSIAN PERIOD, 110,000-12,000 YEARS B.P.
27 1/2 in. (112 grams, 70 cm long).
Restrung using graduated and polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads of roughly spherical form. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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LOT 2302
Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Natural History - Fossil Spinosaurus Teeth
Cretaceous Period, Aptian Stage, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising a pair of Spinosaurs maroccanus teeth, one repaired. 43 grams total, 61-67 mm
From the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded plesiosaurs, pterosaurs, turtles and large fish. -
Natural History - Polished Green Tourmaline Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising a quantity of 500 carats of tumble-polished green tourmaline crystals. 100 grams total, 6-15 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Natural History - Knightia Fossil Fish
Eocene Period, circa 58 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
The Knightia alta fossil fish on a rectangular matrix. 234 grams, 14.4 cm
From Wyoming (Green River Formation), USA. Acquired during 1980s. From the Pradi Collection, Boston, U.S.A.
Seasonally some 58 million years ago, in the Green River region of Wyoming, torrential rains fell in the mountains. They flowed down the mountain sides, forming wide shallow lakes in the valley below. During the dry season, these lakes would dry up due to evaporation (as happens in certain parts of Africa today). Millions of fish died in this short period of time. This climatic cycle happened over a 20-thousand-year period. Layer upon layer of mud entombed all these fish. At a much later date, volcanic activity uplifted this area to expose the fossils.
