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LOT 2703
Large Boxed Pyrite Crystal Paperweight Mineral Specimen
3 1/8 in. (310 grams, 80 mm).
Displaying variously sized crystals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Huanuco, Peru.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Fossil Oreodont Skull
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The upper front part of Merycoidodon culbertsoni oreodont fossil skull with teeth; inked collection number '85'. 755 grams, 11.4 cm
From Dakota, USA. Acquired from British Fossils, in May 1991. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VM85; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Fossilised Woolly Mammoth Leg Bone Group
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Two portions of bone, possibly an astragalus; abraded. 2.06 kg total, 14.8-15.5 cm
Found Walton-on-the-Naze beach, Essex, UK, circa 2006. -
Topaz Pebble Collection [50]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Each colourless pebble with a cut 'window'. 1.55 kg total, 29-40 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.