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Irregular geode matrix with light purple amethyst crystals; the metal branches tipped with polished quartz pebbles. 600 grams, 17 cm



From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.

Comprising a Spinosaurs maroccanus and a Carcharodontosaurus saharicus tooth with some root; repaired. 15.80 grams total, 39-47 mm



Found Morocco, North Africa. Property of an Essex gallery.

The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) of all time and is also related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus. The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter, taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish.

Comprising a blade-shaped curving formation of transparent gypsum attached to a matrix with druzy quartz; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 629 grams total, 26.5 cm including stand



From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady.

Vibrant pink boulder of microcrystalline rose quartz. 4.13 kg, 18 cm



Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.

Comprising three rectangular matrices, each with a Carpopenaeus sp. specimen, one dendritic. 447 grams total, 84-89 mm



From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

Restrung, using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius spherical bone beads. 138 grams, 62 cm long



From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection. Property of a West Northamptonshire, UK, gentleman.

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 were unable to reach.

A boxed group of specimens of lemon-yellow crystals on a matrix in various sizes. 1.84 kg total including box, 25-66 mm



Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.

Comprising twenty transparent to translucent slices, some with a crystalline centre, four dyed. 560 grams total, 5.5-10.8 cm



Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.

A graduated set of highly polished slices, each showing brown to beige banding, four showing nearly straight colour bands. 865 grams total, 11-13.8 cm



Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.

A Carcharocles megalodon shark tooth, with serrations and polished tooth enamel. 155 grams, 10.2 cm



From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

Carcharodon megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in vertebrate history and likely had a profound impact on the structuring of the marine communities. Fossil remains indicate that this giant shark reached a length of more than 16 metres (52 ft) and also affirm that it had a cosmopolitan distribution. Scientists suggest that in life it looked like a stockier version of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.

A group of grossular garnet mineral specimens; held in a white card collector's tray. 314 grams total, 20-42 mm

Fine condition.

Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).

Each with a polished cut face and showing a crystal-lined centre; mostly dyed. 1.47 kg total, 60-84 mm



From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.