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LOT 2722
Fossil Spinosaurus and African 'T-Rex' Dinosaur Tooth Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 125-113 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 1/2 - 1 7/8 in. (15.80 grams total, 39-47 mm).
Comprising a Spinosaurs maroccanus and a Carcharodontosaurus saharicus tooth with some root; repaired. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Morocco, North Africa.
Property of an Essex gallery.
The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) of all time and is also related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus. The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter, taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish.
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LOT 2722
Fossil Spinosaurus and African 'T-Rex' Dinosaur Tooth Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Ninety-Five [95] Boxed Pink Calcite Rhombs
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Boxed group of transparent pink calcite rhombs showing birefringence. 1.37 kg total including box, 12-31 mm
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Citrine Gem Tree on Amethyst Crystal Geode Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Irregular geode matrix with light purple amethyst crystals; the metal branches tipped with polished light-coloured citrine pebbles. 510 grams, 20 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Campo del Cielo Meteorite Earrings
Fell 6000-5000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
A pair of earrings made from two nickel-iron meteorites (IAB). 8.3 grams total, 40 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
A crater field of roughly 26 craters was found in the vicinity of this crater, which is estimated to date to 4-5 thousand years BP. The age of the meteorite itself is thought to be c.4.5 billion years, formed as part of the development of this solar system. The largest two fragments, the 30.8-ton Gancedo and 28.8-ton El Chaco, are among the heaviest meteorite masses ever recovered on Earth. In 1576, the governor of a province in Northern Argentina commissioned the military to search for a large mass of iron, which it was believed the local people claimed had fallen from the sky and which they used for their weapon production. The expedition discovered a large mass of metal, which was assumed to be an iron mine, and brought back a few samples, which were described as being of unusual purity. Following the legends, in 1774, Don Bartolomé Francisco de Maguna rediscovered the iron mass. He himself did not believe that the stone had fallen from the sky and assumed that it had formed by a volcanic eruption. However, he sent the samples to the Royal Society of London. In 199,0 it became protected by law.
