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Object name(s):
Rock specimen; Rocks; Bone breccia
Brief description:
2 pieces of bone breccia that fit together consisting of numerous fragments of bones cemented together by red, friable, calcareous matter. There is what looks like a series of medium - sized teeth in a vaguely preserved jaw bone embedded in the matrix in both specimens - the line of the break has been along the jaw and teeth.
Collection:
Nottingham Museums
Comments:
[2 as]: From wall-case No 5, i.1976.
Condition:
Good
Dimension:
/1; 155 x 100 x 60mm; /2: 150 x 82 x 33mm
Field collection place:
Kent's Hole [ = Kent's Cavern], Torquay, Devon, U.K.
Number of objects:
2
Object name:
Rock specimen; Rocks; Bone breccia
Other number:
ROK011C
Other number type:
file name
Other number:
RK2367
Other number type:
specimen ID
Stratigraphic unit name:
Pleistocene + Quaternary
Stratigraphic unit note:
A43

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9fb37996-5604-3ca8-a664-735f2241add8

Use licence for this record: CC BY

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9fb37996-5604-3ca8-a664-735f2241add8, Nottingham Museums, CC BY

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