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LOT 2371
Coloured Quartz Composite Nodule
2 1/4 - 2 3/8 in. (187 grams total, 58-60 mm).
Composite nodule with enhanced vibrant purple crystals. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2371
Coloured Quartz Composite Nodule
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
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Fossil Iguanadon Dinosaur Vertebra
Early Cretaceous Period, circa 126-122 million years B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Caudal vertebra with an elongated body. 880 grams, 94 mm
From Wealden, Bedfordshire, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
Iguanadon was a large herbivore with a distinctive thumb-spike and long prehensile fifth fingers that helped with foraging for food. It was the second dinosaur to be formally named based on fossil specimens, and was one of the three genera originally used to define dinosauria. -
Fossil Crab on Matrix
Eocene-Miocene Period, 58-5.3 million years B.P.Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
The remains of a fossil crab set in a sedimentary matrix with its legs and claws curled underneath the body. 1.16 kg, 13.4 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
White Quartz Geode Slice with Amethyst Core
Circa 140-120 million years B.P.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £440
Cut and polished slice showing dense intergrown layer of white quartz crystals, the centre with groups of small lavender-coloured amethyst crystals; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 4.54 kg, 34 x 25 x 2cm, 52 cm including stand
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady.
