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LOT 2515
Boxed Mineral and Crystal Display Specimen Collection [4]
1 3/4 - 2 5/8 in. (578 grams total, 46-68 mm).
Comprising: amethyst 'porcupine' from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; pyrite from Huanuco, Peru; crystalline malachite from D.R. Congo; sphalerite on pyrite from Huanuco, Peru. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2515
Boxed Mineral and Crystal Display Specimen Collection [4]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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![Complete Unopened Discovery Agate Crystal Geode Collection [3]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/228238-s.jpg)
Complete Unopened 'Discovery' Agate Crystal Geode Collection [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising three rounded geodes. 415 grams total, 46-76 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
![Black Obsidian Volcanic Glass Specimen Group [100]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/228288-s.jpg)
Black Obsidian Volcanic Glass Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising one hundred irregular specimens with typical sharp edges. 1.13 kg total, 32-47 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Composite Fossil Teeth on Matrix
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A composite matrix set with five Mosasaur prognathodon teeth. 1.44 kg, 17 cm
From Morocco, West Africa. Ex 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.
