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LOT 2493
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
1 - 3 1/4 in. (1 kg total, 25-83 mm).
Comprising: vibrant green dioptase from Tsumeb, Namibia; gypsum desert rose from Tunisia; Prehenite from Poona, India; dolomite from Peru; spray-like formation of scolceite from Poona, India; blue azurite from the Democratic Republic of Congo; amethyst from Brazil; stellerite from Rudni, Kusteni Oblast, Kazakhstan; Wolframite from Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria; thomsonite, chabazite, stilbite and stellerite from Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman.
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Polished Baltic Amber with Insects
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Polished, transparent specimen with insect inclusions. 2.63 grams, 34 mm
From Primorskoje Mine, Kaliningrad, Russia. 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. -
Fossil Shrimp Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 110 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising three matrices, each with a Carpopenaeus sp. specimen. 295 grams total, 59-82 mm
From Lebanon. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
