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LOT 2815
Polished Fossil Coral Head
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 1/8 in. (283 grams, 81 mm).
An irregular specimen showing the internal structure. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Amethyst Crystal Display with Calcite
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £820
Rounded section of a geode with polished edges lined with light purple amethyst crystals; light yellow calcite to the centre with a smaller calcite to the side, both with drusy quartz; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 12.8 kg total, 37 cm including stand
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady. -
Fossil Lebanese Shrimp on Matrix Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 110 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising three rectangular matrices, each with a Carpopenaeus sp. specimen, one dendritic. 447 grams total, 84-89 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Large Campo del Cielo Meteorite
Fell 6000-5000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
A nickel-iron meteorite (IAB). 97.8 grams, 50.7 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
A crater field of roughly 26 craters was found in the vicinity of this crater, which is estimated to date to 4-5 thousand years BP. The age of the meteorite itself is thought to be c.4.5 billion years, formed as part of the development of this solar system. The largest two fragments, the 30.8-ton Gancedo and 28.8-ton El Chaco, are among the heaviest meteorite masses ever recovered on Earth. In 1576, the governor of a province in Northern Argentina commissioned the military to search for a large mass of iron, which it was believed the local people claimed had fallen from the sky and which they used for their weapon production. The expedition discovered a large mass of metal, which was assumed to be an iron mine, and brought back a few samples, which were described as being of unusual purity. Following the legends, in 1774, Don Bartolomé Francisco de Maguna rediscovered the iron mass. He himself did not believe that the stone had fallen from the sky and assumed that it had formed by a volcanic eruption. However, he sent the samples to the Royal Society of London. In 199,0 it became protected by law.
