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LOT 2268
Blown Ostrich Egg for Display
5 1/8 in. (237 grams, 15 cm).
Large size egg with a hole at the base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceBurwell collection, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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Crystal and Mineral Specimen Collection [7]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising: a cleaved octahedron fluorite crystal from Illinois, USA; citrine geode slice; quartz with pyrite(?); octahedral pyrite with serpentine; hexagonal yellow calcite in matrix; fire opal set in egg-shaped matrix; an unidentified mineral specimen with flower-like clusters of reddish brown crystals. 1.08 kg total, 36-99 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
North American Fossil Tyrannosaurus Rex Dinosaur Coprolite
Late Cretaceous Period, circa 70-66.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
An irregular mass of fossilised dung. 72 grams, 57 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Plesiosaur Vertebra
Jurassic Period, circa 200-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Retaining the majority of the body of the vertebra. 1.02 kg, 16 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
