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LOT 2790
Aquamarine Crystal Mineral Display Specimen
1 7/8 in. (12 grams, 48 mm).
A light blue aquamarine crystal with a smaller crystal at the base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North West London, UK, lady.
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Amethyst Crystal Mineral Display Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Lavender-coloured translucent amethyst crystals on calcite matrix. 15.3 grams, 34 mm
Property of a North West London, UK, lady. -
North American Fossil Collection
Mainly Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Group of twenty fossil teeth and other parts, each in a collector's card with window, inked catalogue number with notes relating to identification, findspot and dating; mounted in a vinyl sheet. 94 grams total, 30.5 x 22.4 cm
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. -
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.
