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LOT 2650
Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20TH CENTURY A.D.
14 1/2 in. (46 grams, 37 cm).
Composed of coin-shaped beads interspersed with small tubular beads, lozenge-shaped pendant; restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the London, UK, art market in the 1990s.
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Crystal and Mineral Display Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: fluorite, pyrite, sodalite, double-terminated quartz crystal, quartz, kyanite, almandine garnet, and others. 707 grams total, 3.3-10.2 cm
Property of a North West London, UK, lady. -
Fossil Hadrosaur Dinosaur Nest Egg Pair
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
A pair of Charonosaurus sp. hadrosaur eggs on a matrix retaining evidence of the original leathery surface. 10.35 kg, 32.5 cm wide
Acquired between the 1970s and 1980s. From the private collection of John Watson, Cambridge, UK.
Dinosaur eggs are known from about 200 sites around the world, the majority in Asia and mostly in terrestrial (non-marine) rocks of the Cretaceous Period. It may be that thick calcite eggshells evolved during the Cretaceous (145 to 65 million years ago). Most dinosaur eggs have one of two forms of eggshell that are distinct from the shells of related modern animal groups, such as turtles or birds; however, some eggs closely resemble the type of shells seen in present day ostrich eggs. -
Fossil Trilobite in Matrix
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Possibly Ceratarges sp. showing long curving spines. 247 grams, 82 mm
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. 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.
