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Dentalium decussatum (Tusk shell)
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SP1507 |
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This complete example has lovely detail and was discovered in 1988 and has remained in the same collection ever since. These Scaphopod specimens of any quality, are becoming very scarce now from this locality. |
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Cretaceous, Gault Clay |
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Length of shell 54mm |
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Folkestone. Kent, UK |
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£ 21.50
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Neocrassina modiolaris (Fine specimen)
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SP1504 |
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This lovely example has been preserved in solid pale yellow calcite and has been fully prepared on a small chunk of oolithic limestone. A nice piece for the collector. |
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Jurassic, Inferior Oolite, Parkinsoni Zone |
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Size of Bivalve 60mm x 60mm |
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Burton Bradstock, Dorset, UK |
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£ 11.50
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Cotham Marble (Polished Algae)
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SP1415 |
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This lovely shaped piece of Cotham marble or sometimes called Picture Stone, has been ground gem smooth and a professional polish applied to reveal beautiful colours and detail throughout. Approximately 215 million years old, this form of blue/green algae used to live on the bed of a sunlit, tropical sea. A unique piece. |
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horizon |
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Size of specimen 192mm x 53mm |
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Taunton, Somerset, UK |
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£ 16.95
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Cotham Marble (Polished Algae)
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SP1413 |
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This large piece has been ground gem smooth and a professional polish applied to reveal the algae's tree like structure in amazing detail and colours. It is a type of bio-thermal calcareous mudstone that has an algal stromatolitic component. The dendrites/tree structures are the remains of blue/green algae that grew on the floor of a warm sunlit shallow, tropical sea some 215 million years ago. A wonderful and large specimen. |
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Triassic, Rhaetic |
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Size of specimen 270mm x 120mm |
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Taunton, Somerset |
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£ 29.95
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