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LOT 2400
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
1 3/8 - 4 in. (1.1 kg total, 3.5-10.4 cm).
Comprising: fire opal from Lomo Deltoro Mine, Zimapan, Zimapan Municipality, Hidalgo, Mexico; quartz from Geevor Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall; stilbite from the Storr, Portree, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Scotland; baryte from Silverband Mine, Dun Fell, Milburn, Cumbria; quartz from Rostowrack China Clay pit, Cornwall; chalcopyrite and pyrite from Mount Wellington Mine, Twelveheads, Cornwall; hedenbergite from Lunner, Akershus, Norway; dolomite from Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa, USA; fluorite from Heights Mine, Westgate, Durham; quartz from Dolcoath Mine, camborne, Cornwall. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.
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Meteoritic Tektite Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising two rounded specimens and one long ,branch-like specimen. 112 grams total, 5-10.3 cm
Private collection, London, 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. -
Fossil Perisphinctes Ammonite
Jurassic Period, circa 174-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Perisphinctids indogermanus fossil ammonite showing clear ribbing. 130 grams, 85 mm
From Madagascar. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Life-Size Adult Spinosaurus Dinosaur Skull Replica
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
A full scale museum-quality reproduction skull fibreglass plaque of the dinosaur Spinosaurs maroccanus, from the Cretaceous Period (late Aptian), Tegana Formation, Taouz, Morocco, inscribed in the mould on the back of the skull by the artist 'John Mack'; four brass mounts to verso for wall hanging. 5 kg, 180 x 95 x 25 cm
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.
