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LOT 2545
Calcite Stalagmite Fragment
15 in. (6.15 kg, 38 cm).
A large section of white stalagmite displaying natural rippling. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth with Root
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Showing good enamel and some root. 60.3 grams, 82 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. 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. -
Large Rose Quartz Mineral Specimen Group [50]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising fifty large, rich pink specimens. 4.93 kg total, 45-94 mm
From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Polished Mineral Specimen Egg Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: an egg-shaped specimen in agate, marble and blue speckled stone; accompanied by an egg-shaped lidded container. 705 grams total, 62-78 mm
Burwell collection, Cambridgeshire, UK.