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LOT 2548
Large Rose Quartz Mineral Specimen Group [50]
1 3/4 - 3 3/4 in. (4.93 kg total, 45-94 mm).
Comprising fifty large, rich pink specimens. [50, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Natural Stone Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Including an ashtray and two paperweights carved from banded stone. 1.06 kg total, 50-79 mm
Burwell collection, Cambridgeshire, UK. -
Large Rose Quartz Mineral Specimen Group [50]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising fifty large, rich pink specimens. 4.93 kg total, 45-94 mm
From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' and Shark's Teeth on Matrix
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Composite sandstone matrix with Mosasaur Prognathodon and extinct shark tooth with other fossil remains. 248 grams, 10.1 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with an elongated body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.