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LOT 2443
Polished Baltic Amber with Insect
OLIGOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 45 MILLION YEARS B.P.
7/8 in. (1.11 grams, 22 mm).
Polished, transparent specimen with an insect inclusion. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Primorskoje Mine, Kaliningrad, Russia.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth Group
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The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with an elongated 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. -
50 Blue Calcite Specimens
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Very fine condition.
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Cut and Polished Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite
Jurassic Period, circa 160 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Cleoniceras sp. specimen cut in two halves to reveal the internal crystal-lined chambers, polished throughout. 318 grams total, 96 mm each
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
