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LOT 2745
Meteorite Crater Tektite Specimen Collection
1 1/4 - 2 1/8 in. (113 grams total, 32-55 mm).
Pebble-like black specimens of meteoric glass of mainly oval shape. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of G.M.R.H., London, UK.
FootnotesTektites 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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Agoult Eucrite Achondrite (AEUC-C) Cut and Polished Meteorite
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A roughly lozenge-shaped section with one polished face displaying the sugary internal structure. 3.25 grams, 20 mm
Found Morocco, North Africa, March 2000. Ex USA market. From the private collection of a Leicestershire, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a Swiss membrane box. -
Crystal and Mineral Display Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising: pyrite crystal in a display case, polished ruby in zoisite pebble, smoky quartz, azurite, optical calcite, polished jasper egg, honey-coloured topaz and an aquamarine crystal on matrix. 396 grams total, 16-67 mm
Property of a North West London, UK, lady. -
Fossil Hadrosaur Dinosaur Nest Egg Pair
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
A pair of Charonosaurus sp. hadrosaur eggs on a matrix retaining evidence of the original leathery surface. 10.35 kg, 32.5 cm wide
Acquired between the 1970s and 1980s. From the private collection of John Watson, Cambridge, UK.
Dinosaur eggs are known from about 200 sites around the world, the majority in Asia and mostly in terrestrial (non-marine) rocks of the Cretaceous Period. It may be that thick calcite eggshells evolved during the Cretaceous (145 to 65 million years ago). Most dinosaur eggs have one of two forms of eggshell that are distinct from the shells of related modern animal groups, such as turtles or birds; however, some eggs closely resemble the type of shells seen in present day ostrich eggs.
