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LOT 2379
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
1/2 - 4 1/8 in. (1.13 kg total, 1.3-10.6 cm).
Comprising: pseudomalachite from the Democratic Republic of Congo; hematite from Llanharry Mine, Glamorganshire, South Wales; axinite from Peru; baryte from Wapping Mine, Derbyshire; prehnite, stilbite and heulandite from Poona, India; wulfenite from Red Cloyd Mine, USA; analcime from Croft Quarry, Croft, Leicestershire; pyrite from Goat Quarry, Aberdare, Fife, Scotland; gypsum rose from Tunisia; epidote from Iceland. [11, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman.
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Fossil Megalodon Giant Shark Tooth
Pliocene Epoch, circa 5.6 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
A Carcharocles megalodon shark tooth, with serrations and polished tooth enamel. 126 grams, 10 cm
Property of an Essex gallery.
Carcharodon megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in vertebrate history and likely had a profound impact on the structuring of the marine communities. Fossil remains indicate that this giant shark reached a length of more than 16 metres (52 ft) and also affirm that it had a cosmopolitan distribution. Scientists suggest that in life it looked like a stockier version of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. -
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: a dodecahedral almandine garnet crystal from Cap Andrahomana, Ranopiso, Tulear Province, Madagascar; cerussite/baryte from Mibladen, Morocco; vibrant red-orange crocoite crystals from Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia; gypsum with selenite from Australia; celestine from Yate, near Bristol, Co Avon; uvite with dravite from Bushfarm, St Lawrence County, New York, USA; chalcopyrite from Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall; galena from Sweetwater Mine, Missouri, USA; atacamite from Australia; vanadinite from Miblaben, Morocco. 963 grams total, 44-77 mm
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman. -
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Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Tooth Pair
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising two teeth, both showing good enamel. 68 grams total, 47 mm each
From Morocco. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with an elongated body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.
