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LOT 2438
Desert Rose Gypsum Mineral Specimen Group [50]
1/2 - 1 in. (452 grams total, 14-27 mm).
Each having formed a circular array of flat crystals. [50, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2438
Desert Rose Gypsum Mineral Specimen Group [50]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Fossil Extinct Crocodile Skull
Palaeocene Period, 66-56 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
The upper part of a fossil Argochampsa krebsi crocodile skull on a sandy matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 4.94 kg, 45 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Argochampsa or 'Argo crocodile' is an extinct genus of eusuchian crocodylomorph, usually regarded as a gavialoid crocodilian, related to modern gharials. It lived in the Paleocene of Morocco. Described by Hua and Jouve in 2004, the type species is A. krebsi. Argochampsa had a long narrow snout, and apparently marine in its behaviour. -
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Boxed Quality Crystal Mineral Specimen Collection [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Each in a labelled box, comprising: quartz from Corinto, Minas Gerais, Brazil; crystalline malachite from D.R. Congo; sphalerite and pyrite from Huanuco, Peru. 620 grams total, 70-71 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Jaw Fragment
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising two Mosasaur Prognathodon teeth. 150 grams, 87 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a 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.
