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LOT 2403
Lidded Yellow Quartz Vessel
5 1/8 in. (404 grams, 13 cm high).
An acorn-shaped vessel with fluted body and lid, narrow flat base and onion-knop finial to the lid. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the family collection of a Hampstead gentleman; formerly acquired in the 1980s.
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Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Composite Fossil Jaw Fragment
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising four Mosasaur Prognathodon teeth set in a jaw fragment with other bone fragments. 128 grams, 13.1 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. -
Calcite Stalagmite Fragment
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A large section of white stalagmite displaying natural rippling. 6.15 kg, 38 cm
Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. -
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Green Fuchsite Mica Mineral Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A large quantity of irregular specimens displaying pearly lustre. 1.07 kg total, 28-55 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
