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LOT 2321
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Display Plaque
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 1/2 in. (2.8 kg, 24 cm).
An irregular plaque with polished bullet-shaped orthoceras specimens. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Devon, UK, lady.
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LOT 2321
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Display Plaque
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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White Quartz Geode Slice with Amethyst Core
Circa 140-120 million years B.P.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £440
Cut and polished slice showing dense intergrown layer of white quartz crystals, the centre with groups of small lavender-coloured amethyst crystals; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 4.54 kg, 34 x 25 x 2cm, 52 cm including stand
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady. -
Fossil Lobster and London Clay Crab Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 100-66 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising: the body of a crab with remnants of the front claw; a large section of a fossilised lobster. 184 grams total, 5-11.3 cm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
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Group of One Hundred [100] Mahogany Obsidian Volcanic Glass Specimen
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising one hundred irregular specimens. 3.68 kg total, 32-52 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
