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LOT 2620
Staurolite Mineral Specimen
3 1/8 in. (147 grams, 80 mm).
Comprising lustrous brown twinned crystals on sparkly muscovite schist. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Keyvy, Murmansk, Russia.
Acquired from Don Edwards, Derbyshire, UK.
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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Fossil Equus Ice Age Horse and Woolly Rhino Vertebra Group
Pleistocene Period, 40,000-20,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising: Equus ferus CV5 vertebra, inked collection number '73'; Cervus elaphans V2 vertebra, inked collection number '74'; Coelodonta antigua woolly rhino vertebra, inked collection number '75'. 495 grams total, 9.3-12.4 cm
From Barton, Northamptonshire, UK. Acquired from Milton Keynes Geological Society in 1999. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VM73,74 & 75; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Fossil Sand Shark Teeth Display
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising seven Otodus obliquus teeth in a display frame. 42 grams total, 12.5 cm including stand
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Large Fossil Trilobite on Matrix
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Displaying well-defined ribs to the carapace, and good detail to the head. 812 grams, 10.4 cm
From Hunstanton, Indiana, USA. 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.
