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LOT 3187
Mineral and Crystal Specimen Collection
5/8 - 2 5/8 in. (685 grams total, 16-68 mm).
Comprising: 'peacock' ore, rose quartz, hematite, azurite with malachite, a polished 'green opal dragon egg', desert rose, quartz pebble with a polished 'window', actinolite, galena in quartz, a glass vial of Himalayan quartz. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
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LOT 3187
Mineral and Crystal Specimen Collection
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Bone Fragments
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising eight differently sized bone fragments from different bone structures. 130 grams total, 20-55 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber-type scavenger and an active hunter, taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish; adults weighed up to 21 tonnes and grew up to 18 meters long. -
Polished Baltic Amber with Insect
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Translucent orange amber with an insect. 2.42 grams, 40 mm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Carcharodontosaurus North African 'T-Rex' Fossil Dinosaur Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 110 million years B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
From Carcharodontosaurus saharicus exhibiting brown enamel and serrated edges. 9.52 grams, 50 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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.
