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Translucent orange amber with a spider inclusion. 1.97 grams, 23 mm



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

The tooth in a metal collar setting with a loop and suspended from a cord necklace. 6.89 grams, tooth: 33 mm



Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber-type scavenger and an active hunter, taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish; adults weighed up to 21 tonnes and grew up to 18 meters long.

Mixed group of rock specimens, including a smoky quartz. 2.46 kg total, 20.4 - 3.3 cm



Some of the specimens were found during the original official excavations in the Farnham area, Surrey, UK, which were conducted by Harold Falkner (1875-1963) and William Francis Rankine (c.1877-1962), who were instrumental in the excavation works and pit dwellings at sites including Six Bells, Frensham, Tilford, Thursley, Bagshot, and Waverley, amongst others, at and near Farnham in the 1930s and 1940s. Much of the material is now in the prestigious Farnham museum. The present part of the collection has been gifted to their good friend and Haselmere Parish Priest, Charles Borelli (c.1914-2000) of Farnham, who was part of the Borelli family from Italy, who emigrated from Lake Como in 1828 to set up the Borelli family watch and jewellery business; thence by family descent to his nephew.

Irregular rock fragment with fossil Branchiosaur sp. amphibian, revealed; in a glazed case with backing material and illustrated label. 403 grams total, 11.5 cm (21 cm including case)



Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.

Branchiosaurs were a primitive amphibian, semi aquatic and represent one of first animals to move onto the land.

Fragment of bone from Tyrannosaurus Rex, supplied in a display box with an information label. 40 grams total including case, bone: 41 mm



Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.

The most famous and iconic of all dinosaur species, the Tyrannosaurus rex, was first described by Henry Fairfield Osborn in 1905 from a skeleton found in 1902, in the Hell Creek Formation in Montana. An adult Tyrannosaurus would have weighed almost nine tonnes, standing over 4 meters tall at the hip and exceeding 13 meters in length. It is no wonder this theropod was the top predator of the Late Cretaceous, and amongst the last dinosaurs to walk the Earth before their mass extinction. The present tooth offers an incredible insight into how these ferocious creatures lived, characterised by its unique curved and serrated shape, which was specifically adapted to help the dinosaur tear through hides and flesh, with the curvature allowing maximum force to be applied as it tore into its prey.

Irregular clusters of citrine crystals. 480 grams total, 26-59 mm



From Morocco, North Africa. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.

Carved from fossiliferous dish as two conjoined hearts, each set with a Goniatite specimen. 371 grams, 20.5 cm



Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

Irregular matrix fragments with revealed Promicoceras planicosta fossils embedded. 1.41 kg total, 10.5 -13.4 cm



From Carmouth, Dorset, UK. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.

Fossil ammonite showing clear ribbing on both sides. 430 grams, 11.5 cm



From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.

Comprising eight differently sized bone fragments from different bone structures. 116 grams total, 25-63 mm



Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber-type scavenger and an active hunter, taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish; adults weighed up to 21 tonnes and grew up to 18 meters long.

Tooth fragment in a small container mounted inside a larger perspex-topped container with an explanatory label. 32 grams total including case, tooth: 20 mm



Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.

Fan-shaped cluster of dark green elongated prismatic crystals. 390 grams, 16.5 cm



From Bolivia. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.