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LOT 2485
'Cacilia Mine' Quartz on Fluorite Specimen
6 1/8 in. (1.56 kg, 15.5 cm).
A cut section with brown quartz on fluorite. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Cacilia Mine, Wolsendorf, Bavaria, Germany.
De-acquisitioned from a private Cornwall, UK, collection.
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Mounted Amethyst Crystal Display
Estimate: £900 - 1,100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £450
A polished, rounded geode section with rising formations of light purple amethyst crystals to the internal cavity; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 3.31 kg total, 19.5 cm wide including stand
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady. -
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Part Polished Mixed Agate Mineral Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising one hundred partly tumbled pebbles, remains of slurry to the pebbles. 1.45 kg total, 19-41 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising two teeth with some good enamel, one repaired. 54 grams total, 46 mm each
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.
