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LOT 0393
Massive Pyrite 'Fool's Gold' Cluster
10 5/8 in. (16.1 kg, 27 cm).
An intergrown mass of pyrite crystals showing bright metallic lustre.
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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![Group of Twenty [20] Mixed Mineral Specimens](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/250979-s.jpg)
Group of Twenty [20] Mixed Mineral Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A boxed group of minerals comprising: amethyst specimens; red jasper; blue lace agate; a cut and polished agate geode half; sulphur; hematite; rock crystal; light blue topaz pebble; calcite, and others. 2.12 kg total including box, 3.8-14.5 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
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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): £143
Comprising a Spinosaurs maroccanus and a Carcharodontosaurus saharicus tooth with some root; repaired. 15.80 grams total, 39-47 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. -
Massive Congo Natural Malachite Boulder
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Cut section of a boulder showing botryoidal masses. 6.36 kg, 25.5 cm
From the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central Africa. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
