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LOT 2424
Group of Fifty [50] Natural Rough Garnet Crystals Totalling 250 Carats
3/8 - 3/4 in. (100 grams total, 10-18 mm).
Large quantity of uncut purple-red pyrope-almandine garnet specimens. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2424
Group of Fifty [50] Natural Rough Garnet Crystals Totalling 250 Carats
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Extinct Otodus Fossil Shark's Teeth Display
Eocene Epoch, circa 53-33 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Freestanding matrix set with seven Otodus obliquus teeth showing good enamel. 1.94 kg, 16 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two tapering teeth with brown enamel; repaired and restored. 82 grams total, 65-76 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber-type scavenger and an active hunter, taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish; adults weighed up to 21 tonnes and grew up to 18 meters long. -
Large Fossil Brittle Star Plate
Ordovician Period, circa 485-443 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
An irregular matrix with Ophiuroidea sp. specimen. 1.63 kg, 23.2 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.