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LOT 3154
Polished Fossilised Coral Head
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 5/8 in. (160 grams, 67 mm).
Rounded section of a coral head showing the individual polyps forming it. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 3154
Polished Fossilised Coral Head
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Fossil Ichthyosaur Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 246-237 million years B.P.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Ichthyosaur from the Mixosaurus genus, with several small teeth visible in the mouth, large eye sockets, many of the spinous processes present on the spine, and a large number of the flipper bones present on both the fore and hind paddles. 10 kg, 64.5 cm
From the Guanling Biota formation, China. Previously with Shishang Corporation, Taiwan. From a West London gentleman collector; acquired from a professional fossil company in Taiwan.
Originally, ichthyosaur fossils were misidentified as ‘Saurian ’-being either lizards or forms of crocodile. The term 'Ichthyosaur' was first used in 1817 by the German naturalist Karl Dietrich Eberhard Konig, and he did not publish the name until 1825. By the 1830s, the name Ichthyosaur was widely used. Mixosaurus is considered to be a transitional genus that was smaller in size than the later dolphin-like Ichthyosaurs. -
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Mushroom and Lettuce Coral Collection
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising one lettuce coral specimen and three mushroom coral specimens. 1.19 kg total, 10.4-33 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. -
Manganite Crystal Collection
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Group of irregular dark blue-black crystals with reflective surfaces. 966 grams total, 31-55 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
