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LOT 2294
Amethyst Crystal Cut Slab Specimen Group [50]
1 1/2 - 3 1/8 in. (1.51 kg total, 37-80 mm).
Comprising fifty unpolished cut slices in various sizes in purple to white colour. [50, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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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.