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LOT 3094
Polished Copal with Mosquito Inclusion
CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD, CIRCA 3 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 in. (15.3 grams, 63 mm).
Large specimen of transparent copal with a mosquito inclusion showing fine iridescence on its back, as well as several other insect inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 3094
Polished Copal with Mosquito Inclusion
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Large Woolly Mammoth Leg Bone
Devensian, circa 110,000-12,000 B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large portion of a leg bone of a woolly mammoth Mammuthus primigenius, with signs of sea encrustations. 1.36 kg, 29.5 cm
From Doggerland, the now-disappeared land bridge between the UK. Dredged from the North Sea. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Juvenile Abelisaurid Dinosaur Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-66 million years B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising three teeth displaying light brown enamel and some serrations on the narrow, curving edges. 1.66 grams total, 16-19 mm
From a Gloucestershire, UK, fossil specialist. From a West London gentleman collector.
Abelisauridae were carnivorous theropods with small forelimbs and strong hind legs that thrived during the Cretaceous Period.
