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LOT 3245
Large Labradorite Polished Pebble Collection
1 7/8 - 2 3/8 in. (925 grams total, 47-61 mm).
Showing mainly blue and green iridescence. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
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LOT 3245
Large Labradorite Polished Pebble Collection
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Fossil Orthoceras Polished Trinket Dish
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Shallow dish carved from fossiliferous stone with a raised Orthoceras sp. specimen. 465 grams, 13.2 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Group of Three Lebanese Fossil Shrimp
Late Cretaceous, circa 100.5-93.9 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising three roughly rectangular matrices, each with a fossilised shrimp. 350 grams total, 70-89 mm
From Lebanon. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Mosasaur Globidens 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Tooth in a Matrix
Cretaceous Period, 75-67 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Rounded, blunt tooth with dark brown enamel on a sandstone matrix. 421 grams, 13 cm
Acquired on the UK fossil and mineral market. Property of a West Sussex, UK, gentleman.
Mosasaur globidens grew up to the size of modern large crocodiles and was unusual compared to other Mosasaur species in that it hadn't evolved into a fast, agile predator. It preyed on slow-moving, heavily armoured prey and was adapted to crushing through their shell.
