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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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Meteorite Crater Tektite Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Piriform in profile with glossy, pitted surface; displayed in a glazed wooden presentation case. 425 grams total, 24.9 x 11.3 cm
From Asia. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, Specialist Collector.
Tektites are lumps of black or dark grey natural glass produced from melted crustal rocks that are caused by large hypervelocity meteorite impacts on sediments. -
Fossil Pecopteris Fern Leaves
Carboniferous Period, Pennsylvanian Epoch, circa 300 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
An irregular matrix containing Pecopteris fossil ferns on both sides. 385 grams, 17 cm
From USA. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
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Fossil Spinosaurus and African 'T-Rex' Dinosaur Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising a Spinosaurs maroccanus and a Carcharodontosaurus saharicus tooth with some root; repaired. 18.5 grams total, 40-42 mm
Found Morocco, North Africa. Property of an Essex gallery.
The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) of all time and is also related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus. The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter, taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish.
