Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4026
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AMMONITE, Cleoniceras, Mid Jurassic (174-163 million years ago), from Tulcar, Madagascar, specimen cut-in-half and polished, and displayed on a wooden stand to show the internal chambers and septa, about 24x18cm. [Ammonites are a group of extinct marine mollusc animals] (Image1)
Estimate AU$160
Opening AU$ 120.00
Sold...AU$ 120.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 120
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4027
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AMMONITE, Cleoniceras, Late Jurassic, from Madagascar, specimen with pearlescent sheen, about 16x13cm. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4028
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BARINGA: Early Pleistocene (2.5 million-40,000 years ago), part leg bone (some damage at centre), from Portland, Victoria, about 10x2cm. [Baringa sp were macropidinae (kangaroos) that existed in south-western Victoria]. (Image1)
Estimate AU$70
Opening AU$ 55.00
Sold...AU$ 55.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 55
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4029
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BRITTLE STARFISH, Geocoma sp, Jurassic, from Solnhofen, Germany, plate with four fossils, about 22x6cm. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4030
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CARCHARODONTOSAURUS: Tooth from Carcharodotosaurus saharicus, a large theropod (nearly as large or even larger than Tyrannosaurus), from Taouz, Morocco, 3cm long. Late cretaceous 100-66 million years ago. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4031
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CONOPHYTON STROMATOLITE: Polished slice of Conophyton basalticum, Antrim Basalt, Katherine, Northern Territory, showing rings, 15x11cm. Cambrian era. {Stromatolites are one of the earliest forms of life on earth}. (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4032
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CRINOID: Permian Period (280 million years ago) Jimbacrinus bostocki, attractive plate with three crinoid specimens with superb detail, from Western Australia, about 14x14cm. [Jimbacinus had five arms that were lined with fine tentacle-like structures called pinnules; echinoderms with mineralised skeletons entered the fossil record 540 million years ago, and today there are still about 600 living species of crinoid]. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4033
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CRINOID: Permian Period (280 million years ago) Jimbacrinus bostocki, attractive plate with two crinoid specimens with superb detail, from Western Australia, about 16x9cm. (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4034
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FOSSIL FISH: Diplomystus dentatus, Eocene (56-34 million years ago), from Green River Formation, Kemmerer, Wyoming, USA, 29x21cm. A beautiful piece of natural art with exceptional detail. (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4035
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GINDALBIE STROMATOLITE: Polished slice from Gindalbie Formation, Kalgoorlie, WA, 27x18cm. Middle Archaean era. {Stromatolites are one of the earliest forms of life on earth}. (Image1)
Estimate AU$180
Opening AU$ 135.00
Sold...AU$ 135.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 135
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4036
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GONIATITES: Attractive plate with three ammonoid cephalods from the order Gonatitida (390-250 million years ago), from Morocco, 44cm tall, 38cm wide, 8.1kg. (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4037
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LINELLA AVIS STROMATOLITE: Polished slice from Bitter Springs Formation, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, 23x17cm. Proterozoic 800 million years old. {Stromatolites are one of the earliest forms of life on earth}. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4038
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MEGALODON: Fossil tooth from Megalodon (meaning "big tooth"), an extinct species of mackerel shark that lived approx 23 to 3.6 million years ago, from North Carolina, USA, 9cm long. One of the largest and most powerful predators to have ever lived. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4039
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MOSASAURUS: Upper Cretaceous (100-66 million years ago), part-fossilised jaw with two teeth, from Khourigba, Morocco, about 25x8cm. [Mosasaurs are an extinct group of aquatic squamate reptiles] (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4040
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MOSASAURUS: Upper Cretaceous (100-66 million years ago), single tooth in matrix, from Khourigba, Morocco, about 14x10cm. [Mosasaurs are an extinct group of aquatic squamate reptiles] (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4041
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PILBARIA PERPLEXA STROMATOLITE: Polished slice from Duck Creek Dolomite, Ashburton Basin, WA, 32x21cm. Proterozoic 1.8 billion years old. {Stromatolites are one of the earliest forms of life on earth}. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4042
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PROTEMNODON: Early Pleistocene (2.5 million-40,000 years ago), part fossilized jaw with four teeth, from Yellow Rocks, Portland, Victoria, about 9x4cm. [Protemnodons were giant wallabies that existed in Australia & New Guinea]. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4043
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STRELLEY POOL STROMATOLITE: Polished slice from Strelley Pool formation, Pilbara, WA, 20x16cm. {Stromatolites are one of the earliest forms of life on earth, dating to 3.5 billion years ago during the Paleoarchean era}. (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4044
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STROMATOLITES: Polished slices from Mount McGrath Formation, WA, 16x9cm; Jerrinah Formation, Pilbara, WA, 7x7cm; Oncolytic, Shark Bay, WA, 22x12cm. {Fossilized stomatolites are one of the earliest forms of life on earth}.
(Qty 3 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$220
Opening AU$ 170.00
Sold...AU$ 200.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4045
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TRILOBITE: Acadoparadoxides sp, Lower Cambrian 540 million years ago, rock split down middle to provide a pair both showing suberbly detailed impressions of the trilobite, from Djebel Ougrat /Mecissi Region, Morocco, each 14x10cm. (Image1)
Estimate AU$700
Opening AU$ 525.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 525
Meteorites
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4046
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ABARKOUH METEORITE, H5 chondrite, found 2014 (circa) in Bedaf village, Bahman District, Yazd Province, Iran, 457g, about 10x8x5cm. (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4047
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AGOUDAL (IMILCHIL) METEORITE, iron IIAB, found in 2000 in the Agoudal area, High Atlas Mountains, Morocco, 123g, about 6x4x3cm, in a display case. [Agoudal has an imapct crater about 3km in diameter]. (Image1)
Estimate AU$350
Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 270
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4048
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GOLDEN PALLASITE: NWA unclassified, 25.2g, about 30x30mm. Beautiful. [Found 2021 in Bortj Al mojtar, Algeria]. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4049
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LUNAR METEORITE: NWA 11273, Lunar (Feldspathic Breccia), 3.64g, about 33x17mm. [Found in April 2017 near Tindouf, Algeria; a specimen was sent for analysis to confirm that it originated from the Moon, and was officially accepted as a Lunar Feldspathic Breccia Meteorite in October 2017; a total of 2808 grams of the meteorite was excavated from the location] (Image1)
Estimate AU$700
Opening AU$ 525.00
Sold...AU$ 525.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 525
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4050
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MUNDARABILLA METEORITE, Iron meteorite, 33x25mm, 39g. Together with books 'Meteorites' by Carion [Paris, 2009] & 'Collecting Meteorites' by Carman & Kapitany [Melbourne, 1995]. {Found in 1911 on the Nullabor plain in Western Australia; it is one of the largest meteorites found in Australia with a total known weight of 22 tonnes}.
(Qty 3 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$220
Opening AU$ 170.00
Sold...AU$ 170.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 170
Minerals
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4051
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Cat No: Collection
Minerals and Crystals collection including natural form cubical Galena (98g), Galena with Quartz (1.08kg), plus crystaline piece with Quartz (0.76kg), Iron Pyrite with saw-tooth crystaline structure, Magnetite fine grained with lustrous crystalisation (0.49kg), Lollencite crystals in Rhodonite, Opalised Wood (60g), Tiger Eye (1.03kg), Safflorite cobalt silver interposed with Lollentite (25g), Smokey Quartz (0.78kg), and Quartz crystal (0.28kg), Tourmaline, (3 including black and brown). Weighs 9.5kg.
(Qty 33)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4052
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Acasta Gniess, tonalite gneiss from Acasta River, Canada, Hadean Age, 4.2 Billion years old, attractive slice, 25x12cm. [First described in 1989, Acasta Gniess is the oldest known exposed rock in the world]. (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4053
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Amethyst-Scepter protruding from Quartz base, 9 x 15 x 6cm (0.83kg), from Bolivia. (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4054
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Aquamarine in matrix of Muscovite and faceted Flourite, 13 x 8cm, from Afghanistan.
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4055
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Dioptase on base of Quartzite, 13 x 10cm (0.64kg), from the Congo. Brilliant colour. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,750
Opening AU$ 1,350.00
Sold...AU$ 1,350.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 1350
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4056
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Rogerley Flourite dull emerald-green colour crystals on stone bed 26 x 17 x 10cm (5.6kg), from southern England. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,250
Opening AU$ 950.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4057
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Cat No: 1
Yellow Flourite above pinkish Flourite intespersed with naturally etched white Baryte and a couple of Sphalerite crystals, 20 x 12 x 7cm (2kg), from Minera Mine #1, Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County, IL, USA. (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4058
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Galena cube with Quartz 7.5 x 4 x 4cm, (0.66kg). (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4059
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Malachite and Azurite oxidised matrix, 10 x 9 x 8cm (0.6kg), from the Sepon Mine Laos. A wondrous piece. (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,200
Opening AU$ 900.00
Sold...AU$ 900.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 900
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4060
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Smokey Quartz large single crystal with internal crystalisation patterns, 18 x 9 cm, the terminating upper 25mm transparent (non-smokey), from Minas Gerias Brazil. (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 300
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Lot No: 4061
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Rhodenite with an attractive pink colour interspersed with Galena (166g), plus deep-brown Rhodenite with Galena (145g).
(Qty 2) (Image1)
Estimate AU$180
Opening AU$ 135.00
Sold...AU$ 135.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 135
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4062
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Selinite highly fibrous example with white-milky colour on pink rock base 11 x 8 x 8cm (0.76kg), from Chihuahua, Mexico. (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4063
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Tranquilityite attractive slice, 42x30cm, 1.95kg from Pilbara, WA. [Tranquillityite is named after the Sea of Tranquility, the place on the Moon from which the rock samples in which it was found were brought during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. It was the last mineral brought from the Moon, and thought to have no counterpart on Earth, until discovered in Australia in 2011] (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Apr-29-2022, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sea Shells
Sale No: 247
Lot No: 4064
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Cat No: Collection
Sea Shells high quality collection with a wide variety of types including Hundred-Eyed Cowrie Cypraea Argus (8cm, photo above), one of the Worlds rarest type, only found in the Indian Ocean, Cypraea Decipiens, Cypraea Testudinaria, Cypraea Tigris, Cypraea Ovum Solomons, Cypraea Aribica Port Douglas, Mitra Papalis New Guinea, Murex Bicolor and Murex Negritis Panama, Pectum Pallium, 'Screw Shells' including Left Handed Welk Busycon Contrarium Florida USA, Auger Shell Turritella Terebra India, other genus include Conidae (Cone Snails), Volutidae (Volutes), and Strombidae (Conch) weighing up to 1kg, plus a few pieces of coral. Some stunning examples from nature, a very attractive display. Weighs 9kg.
(Qty approx 100) (Image1)
