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LOT 2682
Historic British Mineral Specimen Collection
4 - 4 1/2 in. (2 kg total, 10.3-11.4 cm).
Comprising: volcanic ash from Borrowdale, Cumberland; hornblende from Sutherland; granite-aplite from Devon; and luxullianite; three with old labels. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound at various sites in the UK.
Ex Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Gypsum Pink Alabaster Specimen
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3
Displaying natural veining and areas of darker colour. 843 grams, 11.4 cm
From Aust Cliff, River Severn, Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from Milton Keynes Geological Society 1998. 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. -
Large Cut and Polished Puddingstone Display Slab
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
With two lightly polished and laquered cut faces showing the internal structure of the specimen, approximately 40 mm thick. 2.88 kg, 21.5 cm
From Egypt. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Teeth
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising two Mosasaur prognathodon sp. teeth set on individual composite matrices. 726 grams total, 10.6-11.8 cm
From Germany. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young.
