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LOT 2358
English Green Fluorite Crystal Mineral Specimen
2 3/4 in. (214 grams, 69 mm).
Deep green interpenetrant cubic fluorite crystals on a matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Heights Mine, Westgate, Durham, UK.
From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.
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Fossil Otodus Obliquus Shark Tooth Group
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising three tooth specimens, each set on a sandstone matrix. 727 grams total, 77-85 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Megalodon Giant Shark Tooth
Pliocene Epoch, circa 5.6 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
A Carcharocles megalodon shark tooth, with serrations and polished tooth enamel. 126 grams, 10 cm
Property of an Essex gallery.
Carcharodon megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in vertebrate history and likely had a profound impact on the structuring of the marine communities. Fossil remains indicate that this giant shark reached a length of more than 16 metres (52 ft) and also affirm that it had a cosmopolitan distribution. Scientists suggest that in life it looked like a stockier version of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. -
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: pale pink heulandite from Nasik, India; galena from Sweet Water Mine, Missouri, USA; azurite and malachite from shaft no. 3, TCL Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia; aragonite 'sputnik' from Spain; galena and sphalerite from Callow Hill Quarry, Fontesbury, Shropshire; sphalerite with pyrite from Huaron Mining District, Cerro de Pasco, Peru; cluster of apophyllite crystals from Poona, India; stilbite from Poona, India; wolframite from Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria; malachite displaying some silky lustre from the Democratic Republic of Congo. 893 grams total, 32-66 mm
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman.
