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LOT 3152
Blue 'Cookie Monster' Agate Slice
47/8 in. (170 grams, 12.4 cm).
Rounded and polished dyed slice with fanciful 'face' detailing, viewable from both sides, [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
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LOT 3152
Blue 'Cookie Monster' Agate Slice
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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A Collection of Twelve [12] Large Amethyst Mineral Specimens
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
A boxed group of geode sections with amethyst crystals, the colours ranging from very pale purple to dark purple. 3.51 kg total including box, 5.6-12 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Oviraptor Fossil Dinosaur Egg
Late Cretaceous Period, circa 88-71 million years B.P.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Fossilised Oviraptor philocerataops egg, retaining some matrix; repaired. 666 grams, 14 cm
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Large Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Conical tooth with root, supplied in a glazed display box; repaired. 32.8 grams, 92 mm
From a Gloucestershire, UK, fossil specialist. From a West London gentleman collector.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber-type scavenger and an active hunter, taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish; adults weighed up to 21 tonnes and grew up to 18 meters long.