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LOT 2647
Amethyst Crystal Mineral Display Specimen
2 3/8 in. (83 grams, 60 mm).
A cluster of white quartz crystals with two amethyst finials containing hematite platelets. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North West London, UK, lady.
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Large Fossil Theropod Dinosaur Egg
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
An elongated egg in matrix retaining some evidence of leathery surface, probably Macroelongatoolithus xixiaensis, a giant form of Oviraptor. 11.4 kg, 45 cm
Previously from a Hong Kong collection. Ex property of a London, UK, gentleman.
Macroelongatoolithus is an extinct genus of dinosaurs that laid particularly large eggs that could have been up to 60cm long. -
Chalcedony Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Composed of small spherical beads; restrung. 11.3 grams, 45 cm
From the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. -
Fossil Velifer Fish in Matrix
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Aipichthys velifer in a rectangular matrix with a small knightia alta specimen above. 277 grams, 11 cm
From Hajoula, Lebanon. 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.
