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Likely Ceratarges spinosus showing the distinctive protective spines. 190 grams, 79 mm



From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

Agatized slice showing attractive patterns, polished on both sides. 437 grams, 15.7 cm



From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

Restrung, using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius spherical bone beads. 155 grams, 58 cm



Ex Ancient Art Shop, Windsor, UK, 1990s. Ex private West County, UK, collection.

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.

Thick section of agatised wood showing some bark detailing on the outside. 1.54 kg, 30.9 cm



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

Comprising fifty irregular geode sections with small prismatic amethyst crystals. 2.84 kg total, 23-60 mm



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

Aipichthys velifer on a rectangular matrix with an identification sticker. 222 grams, 91 mm



From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Comprising thirty branch sections in different thicknesses, each showing good bark detail. 2.15 kg total, 42-79 mm



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

Composed of tubular and coin-shaped beads, restrung. 48 grams, 37 cm



Acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. Ex London, UK, collection.

Mixed group of fossils including ammonite, bivalve, tree section, 'devil's toenail', and others. 970 grams total, 5.2-10.7 cm



From a UK private collection since at least 1946. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.

Comprising: quartz from Cloghmore Quarry, Costelloe, Galway, Ireland; smoky quartz and hematite from Auchinloch Quarry, Dalbeattie, Dumfries, Scotland; baryte from Mowbray Mone, Frizington, Cumbria; pumpellyite from Creag Brimishgan, Isle of Mull, Scotland; fluorite from Mildam Mine, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire; fluorite from Greenlaws Mine, Daddry Sheild, Weardale, Durham; epidote from Cloghmore Quarry, Costelloe, Galway, Ireland; baryte and dolomite from Frizington, Cumbria; azurite from Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Tipperar, Ireland; Blue John on a display stand from Treak Cliff, Castleton, Derbyshire. 3.35 kg total including box, 3.8-12.3 cm



From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.

Comprising ten polished transparent to translucent slices, some with crystal-lined centres, and one with dendritic inclusions. 844 grams total, 9-14 cm



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

Rectangular matrix containing three good-sized shrimps. 417 grams, 15.2 x 9.1 cm



From Lebanon. From the private collection of a Devon, UK, lady.