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LOT 2498
Cut Agate Crystal Geode Half Group [100]
3/4 - 1 3/8 in. (746 grams total, 20-36 mm).
Comprising one hundred miniature geode halves, suitable for crafting. [100, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Very Large Iceland Spar Mineral Specimen Group [10]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising ten variously sized translucent parallelepiped specimens. 2.38 kg total, 34-96 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Promicroceras Ammonite Mortality Plate
Jurassic Period, circa 199-190 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
A boulder section containing several larger Arnioceras and smaller Promicroceras ammonites with some negative impressions. 1.67 kg, 21.9 cm
From Whitby, UK. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Skull
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £8,450
A magnificent, full three-dimensional fossil skull of a juvenile Mosasaur Prognathodon with upper and lower mandibles, eye sockets and brain cavity; including jaw teeth and throat teeth; some restoration; with custom-made display stand. 4.1 kg total, upper skull: 43.5 cm long
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.