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LOT 3116
Mixed Mineral Specimen Collection
3/8 - 6 1/4 in. (697 grams total, 1.1-16 cm).
Comprising: yellow sulphur, coal from Yorkshire Mine, selenite, polished lapis lazuli specimen, and others. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK fossil and mineral market.
Property of a West Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3116
Mixed Mineral Specimen Collection
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Large Megalodon Extinct Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Pliocene Epoch, circa 5.6 million years B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Carcharocles megalodon shark tooth, with serrations and polished light brown tooth enamel. 284 grams, 12.7 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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 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. -
Large Polished Cleoniceras Fossil Ammonite Display Specimen
Cretaceous Period, circa 110 million years B.P.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
A polished Cleoniceras besairiei ammonite revealing the attractive pattern formation. 2.73 kg, 25 cm
From Madagascar. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Large Amethyst Crystal 'Flower' Display Piece
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Displaying white, pink and brown colours with small prismatic light and dark purple amethyst crystals; old mounting point to underside. 1.59 kg, 20 cm
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
