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LOT 2721
Meteorite Crater Tektite Specimen Collection [6]
1 1/8 - 1 7/8 in. (170 grams total, 29-47 mm).
Pebble-like black specimens of meteoric glass of various shapes and sizes. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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.
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Ex property of a London, UK, gentleman; acquired from his father's collection. Property of a Californian, USA, collector. -
Fossil Tyrannosaurus Rex Dinosaur Coprolite
Late Cretaceous Period, circa 70-66.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising a Tyrannosaurus Rex coprolite. 71 grams, 51 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Detailed Fossil Ammonite Display
Jurassic Period, Toarcian, circa 184.2-174.7 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
An impressive freestanding structure containing scallop and belemnite fossils, as well as Hammatoceras and Grammoceras sp. ammonites showing strong ribbing, the largest specimen measuring 23 cm in diameter. 50.1 kg, 64.5 cm
with Science & Natural History, South Kensington, 27 April 2017, no.27.
