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LOT 3274
Carcharodontosaurus North African 'T-Rex' Fossil Dinosaur Tooth
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 110 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/8 in. (24.9 grams, 54 mm).
From Carcharodontosaurus saharicus with small remains of the jawbone. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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.
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LOT 3274
Carcharodontosaurus North African 'T-Rex' Fossil Dinosaur Tooth
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Chevron Amethyst Crystal Slice Group
Estimate: £25 - 35 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising four specimens, each showing angular growth zoning with contrasting colours. 383 grams total, 8-12.1 cm
From Malawi. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Mineral and Crystal Specimen Collection
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: adamite from Durango, Mexico; hemimorphite from Chihuahua, Mexico; blue fluorite; pink corundum in matrix; rock crystal; a cleaved fluorite octahedron with blue banding; orange 'hedgehog' calcite specimen; vanadinite, and others. 655 grams total, 24-86 mm
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Fossil Barasaurus Skeleton in Matrix
Late Permian-Early Triassic Period, circa 255 million years B.P.Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Showing the almost complete skeleton of Barasaurus besairiei; some restoration. 249 grams, 18 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Barasaurus is an extinct genus of the Owenettid procolophonoid parareptile.
