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LOT 2878
Crystal and Mineral Display Specimen Collection
7/8 - 1 1/2 in. (182 grams total, 22-38 mm).
Comprising: quartz, selenite, native copper, amazonite, and others. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North West London, UK, lady.
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Tourmaline Crystal Mineral Display Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising two intergrown opaque tourmaline crystals. 336 grams, 12.1 cm
Property of a North West London, UK, lady. -
Extinct Shark's Tooth Collection
Eocene Period, circa 58-36 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising a Megalodon tooth in matrix, Carcharocles megalodon with good enamel and serrations from Aurora, North Carolina, USA; Isurus hastalis from Tremblor Formation, Sharktooth Hill, Kern County, California, USA; specimens 135 and 137 from Striatolamia sp. from the Pungo River Formation, Aurora, North Carolina, USA; specimen 127: Otodus obliquus from Khourigha, Morocco, North Africa. 164 grams total, 47-97 mm
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. -
Fossil Dragonfly Larvae in Matrix
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising three specimens on a rectangular matrix. 17.8 grams, 53 mm
From Hajoula, Lebanon. 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.
