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LOT 2355
Polished Fossil Coral Head Heart Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 3/8 - 1 5/8 in. (138 grams total, 34-40 mm).
Each cut to a heart shape and polished to reveal the internal structure. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: adamite from Laurium, Attica, Greece; smithsonite from Silvertop Quarry, Hallbankgate, Cumbria; hemimorphite crystals from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico; dolomite from Arkansas, USA; pyromorphite from Mexico Mine, High Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria; aragonite from Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire; fluorite and galena from Diana Maria Mine, Forsterly, Weardale, Co Durham; arsenopyrite and scheelite from carrock Mine, Caldbeck Fell, Cumbria; orange calcite from Cloud Hill QUarry, Northington, Leicestershire; galena, ankerite, barite calcite and sulphur from West High Cross Vein, Brownley, Nenthead, Cumbria. 1.9 kg total, 1.9-13.1 cm
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman. -
Fossil Trochocyathus Coral Colony Display
Cenozoic Era, circa 56-52 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A reconstructed cluster of Trochocyathus sp. coral specimens arranged on a matrix; held in a collector's display case. 270 grams total, 92 mm
From Lleida, Spain. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Brittle Star
Ordovician Period, circa 485-443 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
An irregular matrix with Ophiuroidea sp. specimen; repaired. 367 grams, 13.2 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
