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LOT 2322
Polished Orthoceras Fossil Display Plaque
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 400 MILLION YEARS B.P.
10 1/4 in. (3.2 kg, 26 cm high).
An irregular matrix with several polished bullet-shaped Orthoceras specimens. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2322
Polished Orthoceras Fossil 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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Group of Ten [10] Cut and Polished Agate Geode Slices
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising ten polished transparent to translucent slices, one showing interesting 'eye' formations, some with enhanced colouring. 593 grams total, 7.9-11.5 cm
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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. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Restrung, using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius spherical bone beads. 155 grams, 58 cm
Ex Ancient Art Shop, Windsor, UK, 1990s. Ex private West County, UK, collection.
The mammoth lineage branched from the Asian elephant around 6 million years ago, and later on, the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, evolved in eastern Siberia. Woolly mammoths, being slightly smaller than living African elephants, were foragers and ate grass, as well as small, nutritious flowering plants that flourished in the environment where they lived. They may also have used their curved tusks to dig through snow and eat plants that other foragers were unable to reach.
