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.jpg "Polished Copal Specimen with Spiders and Flies")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A thick cone-like section showing two spiders and several flies, mounted on cardboard backing. 26 grams, 63 mm
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 155 grams, 60 cm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
See Guide to the Elephants (Recent and Fossil) in the British Museum (Natural History), BM, 1922, pp.35-47, for discussion.
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 couldn't get to.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
See Guide to the Elephants (Recent and Fossil) in the British Museum (Natural History), BM, 1922, pp.35-47, for discussion.
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 couldn't get to.
A small nodule split in two halves exposing the vibrantly dyed magenta-coloured crystals. 136 grams total, 61 mm each
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising two Mosasaur prognathodon teeth; one repaired. 48 grams total, 46-53 mm
From Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with an elongated body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.
From Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with an elongated body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.
![Historic Roman Spartan Basalt Cut & Polished Green Porphyry Sheet Group [3]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/228198-s.jpg "Historic Roman Spartan Basalt Cut & Polished Green Porphyry Sheet Group [3]")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Large cut and polished sections, mined in Greece, cut and polished on both sides, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times. 375 grams total, 11.4-13.3 cm
From Greece.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
Also known as Lapis Lacedaemonius and Porfido Verde Antico, a type of green porphyry quarried in Greece. Spartan basalt is a form of andesite or volcanic rock known today only from a single source in the village of Krokees on the Peloponnese in Greece. In addition, ancient sources mention a quarry of Lapis Lacedaemonius in Taygetus.
From Greece.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
Also known as Lapis Lacedaemonius and Porfido Verde Antico, a type of green porphyry quarried in Greece. Spartan basalt is a form of andesite or volcanic rock known today only from a single source in the village of Krokees on the Peloponnese in Greece. In addition, ancient sources mention a quarry of Lapis Lacedaemonius in Taygetus.
![Boxed and Labelled Fossil Ammonite Collection [3]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/228192-s.jpg "Boxed and Labelled Fossil Ammonite Collection [3]")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising three Perisphinctes sp. ammonites, two with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. 600 grams total, 83-92 mm
Ex Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
Ex Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
![Amethyst Crystal Cut Slab Specimen Group [50]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/228015-s.jpg "Amethyst Crystal Cut Slab Specimen Group [50]")
Comprising fifty unpolished cut slices in various sizes in purple to white colour. 1.51 kg total, 37-80 mm
From Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
From Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising three rounded matrices with Knightia alta. 211 grams total, 78-84 mm
From Wyoming (Green River Formation), USA.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time.
From Wyoming (Green River Formation), USA.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
A polished specimen of dark-coloured amber displaying various inclusions. 227 grams, 17.5 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
![Green Fuchsite Mica Mineral Specimen Group [100]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/228033-s.jpg "Green Fuchsite Mica Mineral Specimen Group [100]")
One hundred irregular specimens displaying pearly lustre. 1.88 kg total, 29-60 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Both freestanding and showing internal details. 233 grams total, 71-75 mm
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
![Cut and Polished Amethyst Pyramid and Massager Group [2]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/228154-s.jpg "Cut and Polished Amethyst Pyramid and Massager Group [2]")
The pyramid with facetted lower edges, the massage wand with prismatic point and rounded base. 61 grams total, 2.9-11.2 cm
From Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
From Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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