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LOT 2371
Fossil Plesiosaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Vertebra
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
6 7/8 in. (1.09 kg, 17.6 cm).
Retaining the majority of the body of the vertebra. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
LiteratureSee O’Keefe, F.R., The evolution of plesiosaur and pliosaur morphotypes in the Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia), 2002, Paleobiology, 28: 101-112.
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Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: mimetite from Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fell, Cumbria; stibnite from Wheal Leigh, Pillaton, Cornwall; scorodite from Hemerdon Ball mine, Plympton, Devon; goethite from Restormel Royal Iron Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall; rutile from Brazil; galena from Mendip Hills, Somerset; pyromorphite from Burgam Mine, Stiperstones, Shropshire; fluorite and calcite from Harding County, Illinois, USA; crystalline malachite from Lubumbashi, the Democratic Republic of Congo. 843 grams total, 1.9-10.5 cm
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli and Other Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Composed mainly of polished irregular beads; metal hook-and-loop closure. 59.8 grams, 54.5 cm
From London, UK, gallery collection, 1990s. -
Polished Baltic Amber with Insect
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Polished, transparent specimen with an insect inclusion. 1.11 grams, 22 mm
From Primorskoje Mine, Kaliningrad, Russia. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
