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LOT 2553
Group of Twenty [20] Cut and Polished Malachite Eye Sections
3/4 - 1 1/2 in. (243 grams total, 18-38 mm).
Comprising twenty botryoidal malachite specimens showing 'eye' motifs. [20, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2553
Group of Twenty [20] Cut and Polished Malachite Eye Sections
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Polished Amethyst Crystal Geode Display with Calcite
Circa 140-120 million years B.P.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £550
The outer layer of green celadonite beautifully polished, the interior with dark purple prismatic amethyst crystals, and at the top, an aggregate of white rhombohedral calcite crystals; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 5.68 kg, 27 x 20 x 10 cm
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady. -
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Polished Fossil Orthoceras Column
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising variously sized polished Orthoceras sp. specimens on a textured freestanding matrix. 1.34 kg, 21.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Very Large Megalodon Extinct Giant Shark's Fossil Tooth
Pliocene Epoch, circa 5.6 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
A Carcharocles megalodon shark tooth, with serrations and polished tooth enamel. 351 grams, 14.5 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Carcharodon megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in vertebrate history and likely had a profound impact on the structuring of the marine communities. Fossil remains indicate that this giant shark reached a length of more than 16 metres (52 ft) and also affirm that it had a cosmopolitan distribution. Scientists suggest that in life, it looked like a stockier version of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
