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LOT 2731
Group of Grossular Garnet Mineral Specimens
3/4 - 1 1/2 in. (314 grams total, 20-42 mm).
A group of grossular garnet mineral specimens; held in a white card collector's tray. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceMineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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Fossil Ammonite Cluster
Lower Jurassic, Sinemurian Stage, circa 199-190 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A group of ammonites on a matrix nodule, possibly Arnioceras or Cymbites group. 899 grams, 14 cm
From Whitby, Yorkshire, UK. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Group of Twenty [20] Cut and Polished Agate Geode Slices
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising twenty transparent to translucent slices, some with a crystalline centre, four dyed. 560 grams total, 5.5-10.8 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Jaw Fragment
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
A composite jaw fragment set with two teeth showing good brown enamel. 103 grams, 92 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with an elongated 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.