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LOT 2400
Box of Eighteen [18] Mineral and Crystal Specimen Collection
1/8 - 4 5/8 in. (1.45 kg total, 0.8-11.7 cm).
Boxed group of specimens including a hexagonal sapphire crystal, amethyst, lazurite, calcite, red jasper, quartz, malachite, prehnite(?), and others. [18, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2400
Box of Eighteen [18] Mineral and Crystal Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Jaw Fragment
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Large fragment of a jaw with four teeth. 132 grams, 14.7 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with an elongated body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish. -
Fossil Prionolepis Fish
Cretaceous Period, circa 100 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Middle-sized fish of slender shape, a pointed snout and a forked caudal fin; traces of its last meal, a whole fish, in its stomach. 552 grams, 22 cm
From Lebanon. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
![Group of Thirty [30] Medium Size Fossilised Tree Branch Sections](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/256029-s.jpg)
Group of Thirty [30] Medium Size Fossilised Tree Branch Sections
Triassic Period, 251-199 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising thirty branch sections in different thicknesses, each showing good bark detail. 2.15 kg total, 42-79 mm
From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
