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LOT 2582
Historic Cut and Polished Rutilated Quartz Crystal Mineral Specimen
4 1/8 in. (344 grams, 10.4 cm).
With a cut window displaying dense acicular rutile inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2582
Historic Cut and Polished Rutilated Quartz Crystal Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Pink Iceland Spar Mineral Specimen Group [20]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising twenty parallelepiped specimens showing typical birefringence. 248 grams total, 13-31 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Composite Fossil Jaw Fragment
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising four Mosasaur Prognathodon teeth set in a jaw fragment with other bone fragments. 128 grams, 13.1 cm
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. -
Polished Fossil Coral Head Heart
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Cut to a heart shape and polished to reveal the internal structure. 212 grams, 74 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
