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LOT 2305
Group of Fifteen [15] Sodalite Mineral Specimens
3 - 4 in. (3.6 kg total, 7.5-10.1 cm).
Boxed group of fifteen royal blue sodalite specimens with white calcite veins. [15, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2305
Group of Fifteen [15] Sodalite Mineral Specimens
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Polished Fossil Orthoceras Egg Pair
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two polished fossiliferous eggs, each showing a partial Orthoceras specimen. 300 grams total, 49-67 mm
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Triple Fossil Mesosaurus Reptile Plate
Permian Period, circa 299-298 million years B.P.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rectangular plate with three extinct genera of aquatic reptile skeletons; restored. 363 grams, 30 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Restrung, using recently polished oblate Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 146 grams total, 57 cm
From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The mammoth lineage branched from the Asian elephant around 6 million years ago, and later on the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, evolved in eastern Siberia. Woolly mammoths, being slightly smaller than living African elephants, were foragers and ate grass, as well as small, nutritious flowering plants that flourished in the environment where they lived. They may also have used their curved tusks to dig through snow and eat plants that other foragers were unable to reach.
