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LOT 2776
Boxed and Labelled Mineral Specimen Collection
8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (395 grams, 21 x 16 cm overall).
A group of natural and polished crystal and minerals each held within a labelled card tray. [12, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Surrey lady; previously in the private collection of Patrick Phillips, Weybridge, Surrey, UK; the collection formed since the early 1970s; thence by descent 2019.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Crystal and Mineral Display Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: a cut and polished agate geode section, a polished fluorite dish, pyrite, smoky quartz, quartz, amethyst, and others. 1.46 kg total, 1.6-14.1 cm
Property of a North West London, UK, lady. -
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Enormous Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Skull
Cretaceous Period, 67-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
An exceptionally large and spectacular fossil Mosasaurus anceps partial skull on matrix showing both sides of both upper and lower jaws, with dentition; the main skull compressed during fossilisation and thus fragmented but well preserved; the matrix set into a plaster surround. 164 kg, 140 x 100 cm
Fine condition.
From the phosphate beds, Oved Zem, Morocco. From an East Anglian, UK, collection. Property of a Hounslow, S.W. London, gentleman collector. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12901-240277.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like 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. -
Meteorite Crater Tektite Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Pebble-like black specimens of meteoric glass of mainly oval shape. 113 grams total, 32-55 mm
From the collection of G.M.R.H., London, UK.
Tektites are lumps of black or dark grey natural glass produced from melted crustal rocks that are caused by large hypervelocity meteorite impacts on sediments.
