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LOT 2619
Cut Slices of Green Malachite [6]
3 - 6 1/8 in. (1.36 kg total, 7.4-15.6 cm).
Comprising six sections with unpolished cut faces displaying typical banding. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Congo, Central Africa.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Large Two-Toned Rose Quartz Mineral Specimen Group [17]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising seventeen large chunks of pink rose quartz with ferrous mineral deposits. 2.25 kg total, 55-90 mm
From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising two teeth with some good enamel, one repaired. 54 grams total, 46 mm each
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. -
'Quiruvilca Mine' Pyrite Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A mass of intergrown pyrite with three cut sides. 1.17 kg, 10.5 cm
Quiruvilca Mine, Santiago de Chuco Province, Peru. Ex Sam Weller, West Cornwall. De-acquisitioned from a private Cornwall, UK, collection.)