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LOT 2474
Large Galena Mineral Display Specimen
4 in. (1.5 kg total, 99 mm).
An irregular specimen displaying metallic lustre. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Kalahari Desert Wind Stone Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising three wind-rounded pebbles in hollowed out 'nests'; each with a hessian draw-ribbon pouch. 425 grams total, 60-66 mm
From the Kalahari Desert. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Double Fossil Shrimp Plate
Cretaceous Period, circa 110 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Sandstone matrix with two Carpopenaeus sp. specimens, the larger one partial. 144 grams, 11 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Megalodon Shark Tooth
Pliocene Epoch, circa 5.6 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
A Carcharocles megalodon shark tooth, with serrations and good polished tooth enamel. 114 grams, 98 mm
Found Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Ex The Fossil Exchange. From a private Tyneside collection, formed since the early 2000s. Accompanied by a Fossil Exchange information card.
Carcharodon megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in vertebrate history and likely had a profound impact on 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.
