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LOT 3072
Large Silicon Mineral Specimen
5 3/4 in. (827 grams, 14.7 cm).
Thick specimen of silicon displaying bright metallic lustre and stepped growth features and symmetrical lines formed during crystallisation. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK fossil and mineral market.
Property of a West Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3072
Large Silicon Mineral Specimen
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
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Fossil Oviraptor Egg Pair
Late Cretaceous Period, circa 88-71 million years B.P.Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Matrix containing the majority of two elongated Oviraptor philocerataops eggs, retaining their leathery surface. 4.82 kg, 24 cm
From the Nanxiong formation, China. Previously with Shishang Corporation, Taiwan. From a West London gentleman collector; acquired from a professional fossil company in Taiwan.
Oviraptor, or 'egg thief', was a small feathered bipedal theropod. Being omnivorous, it fed on plants, insects, eggs and fish. Famously mis-named upon its initial discovery in association with a nest of eggs in 1924, it is now accepted that the oviraptor was nesting, not raiding; palaeontologists have since discovered oviraptor in association with eggs containing fossil oviraptor embryos. -
Malachite Crystal Collection
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Group of crystals displaying deep bottle-green lustre. 2.23 kg total, 10.5-11.6 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
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Group of Four [4] Flower Quartz Display Specimens
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising four matrix sections with flower-like formations of quartz. 762 grams total, 9.3-12.6 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
