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LOT 2622
Massive Amethyst Crystal Point Group [3]
4 1/2 - 6 1/4 in. (3.12 kg total, 11.4-16 cm).
Comprising three very large dark prismatic points. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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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
A specimen of pale blue opal, collection number 333. 258 grams, 59 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. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 188 grams, 61 cm
Ex West country, UK, collection, 2000s.
The mammoth lineage branched from the Asian elephant around 6 million years ago, and later on the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, evolved in eastern Siberia. Woolly mammoths, being slightly smaller than living African elephants, were foragers and ate grass, as well as small, nutritious flowering plants that flourished in the environment where they lived. They may also have used their curved tusks to dig through snow and eat plants that other foragers couldn't get to.
