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LOT 2783
Large Quantity of Green Andalusite Crystals
1/8 - 1/2 in. (76 grams total, 2-12 mm).
Comprising different shapes and sizes, colour varying from dark green to olivine green. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Teeth in Composite Matrix
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising six Mosasaur prognathodon teeth set on a composite matrix. 987 grams, 17.5 cm
From Germany. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Mesosaurus Fossil Reptile Skeleton
Lower Permian Period, circa 285 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
A complete preserved Mesosaurus brasiliensis skeleton in limestone. 1.11 kg total, 26.7 cm
From the Irati-Formation, Parana Delta, Brazil. From a Berkshire, UK, collection.
The mesosaurs were fast swimming predators which lived in fresh water, probably preying on small fish, insects and other aquatic invertebrates. -
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Historic Opal Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Displaying iridescent milk-opal in a pale creamy-brown matrix, collection number 625. 105 grams, 65 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
