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LOT 2734
Goethite Crystal Mineral Display Specimen
3 1/8 in. (270 grams, 79 mm).
A mass of iron-rich goethite crystals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North West London, UK, lady.
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Rutilated Quartz Crystal Egg Mineral Display Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Transparent quartz polished to an egg-shape with black rutile needles, and displaying an incipient cleavage with iridescence. 116 grams, 52 mm
Property of a North West London, UK, lady. -
Stilbite Crystal Mineral Display Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A bowtie-like aggregate of light pink crystals. 317 grams, 10.5 cm
Property of a North West London, UK, lady. -
Enormous Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Skull
Cretaceous Period, 67-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,160
An exceptionally large and spectacular fossil Mosasaurus anceps partial skull on matrix showing both sides of both upper and lower jaws, with dentition; the main skull compressed during fossilisation and thus fragmented but well preserved; the matrix set into a plaster surround. 164 kg, 140 x 100 cm
Fine condition.
From the phosphate beds, Oved Zem, Morocco. From an East Anglian, UK, collection. Property of a Hounslow, S.W. London, gentleman collector. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12901-240277.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like 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.