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LOT 2818
Group of One Hundred and Eighty [180] Mexican Pyrite 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Specimens
1 - 1 5/8 in. (5.99 kg total including box, 23-42 mm).
Boxed group of irregular nuggets of pyrite showing metallic lustre. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Mexico.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2818
Group of One Hundred and Eighty [180] Mexican Pyrite 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Otodus Fossil Shark's Tooth Necklace
Eocene Period, circa 53-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
An Otodus obliquus tooth made into a pendant and suspended from a cord necklace. 6.07 grams, tooth: 34 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
![Group of One Hundred [100] Blue Calcite Mineral Specimens](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/251018-s.jpg)
Group of One Hundred [100] Blue Calcite Mineral Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A large group of light blue calcite specimens from Mexico. 1.06 kg total, 10-35 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising two teeth showing good brown enamel, repaired. 67.7 grams total, 45-59 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.
