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LOT 2658
Boxed Mixed Crystal Display Piece Collection [6]
1 1/8 - 3 in. (393 grams total, 27-77 mm).
Comprising: fluorite, quartz on pyrite, almandine garnet and vesuvianite. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Polished Mineral Specimen Egg Collection
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Burwell collection, Cambridgeshire, UK. -
'Bwana Mkubwa Mine' Malachite Specimen
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Cut section of malachite showing contrasting banding. 1.8 kg, 14.5 cm
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Carcharodontosaurus North African 'T-Rex' Fossil Dinosaur Tooth
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From Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, displaying some serrations. 4.4 grams, 33 mm
From Morocco, West Africa. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) of all time and is also related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus.