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LOT 2437
Australian Amethyst from Wyloo Station
6 in. (1.1 kg, 15.1 cm).
Geode fragment with finely coloured amethyst cluster. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Wyloo Station, Pilbara region, Western Australia.
Ex UK collection.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by a previous typed information card.
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Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Restrung to a Y-shape, composed of variously shaped graduated beads interspersed with long claw-like beads, central feature a facetted polygonal bead. 50 grams, 41.5 cm
Ex London art market. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Twin Tharrhias Fossil Fish in Matrix from Brazil
Early Cretaceous Period, circa 112 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Showing two overlapping Tharrhias Araripis specimens on a rounded matrix, the larger showing good scale detail. 1.7 kg, 19.5 cm
From N.E. Brazil. 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 Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Jaw Fragment
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Comprising a large jaw fragment with eight teeth, mounted on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 7.45 kg, 59 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young.
