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LOT 0440
Massive Deep Purple Amethyst Crystal Geode Display
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 120-140 MILLION YEARS B.P.
24 3/4 x 28 1/4 x 14 1/2 in. (177 kg, 63 x 72 x 37 cm).
A large freestanding geode display with polished edges, the interior lined with rich, deep purple amethyst crystals.
ProvenanceFrom Artigas, Uruguay.
Property of a London lady.
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LOT 0440
Massive Deep Purple Amethyst Crystal Geode Display
Estimate £6,000 - 8,000€6,960 - 9,280 (for guidance only)$8,100 - 10,800 (for guidance only)
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Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Restrung, using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius spherical bone beads. 158 grams, 58 cm
London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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 were unable to reach. -
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman. -
Large Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
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Showing some good enamel and some root; repaired. 104 grams, 12.3 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.