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LOT 2737
Mixed Stone Bead Necklace Group
18 1/8 in. (313 grams total, each app. 46 cm long).
Comprising thirty-one necklaces with oblate and tubular beads in lapis lazuli, serpentine, steatite and other stones. [31, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a London, UK, gentleman; acquired from his father's collection.
Property of a Californian, USA, collector.
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Fossil Platyostoma Gastropod on Matrix
Silurian Period, circa 430 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Platyostoma niagarensis set on an irregular matrix. 242 grams, 92 mm
Acquired Hunstanton, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
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Amethyst and Quartz Crystal Mineral Specimen Selection [6]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising variously sized geode sections with amethyst and quartz crystal clusters. 1.06 kg total, 7.3-10.4 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Mesosaurus Fossil Reptile Skeleton
Lower Permian Period, circa 285 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
A complete preserved Mesosaurus brasiliensis skeleton in limestone. 1.11 kg total, 26.7 cm
From the Irati-Formation, Parana Delta, Brazil. From a Berkshire, UK, collection.
The mesosaurs were fast swimming predators which lived in fresh water, probably preying on small fish, insects and other aquatic invertebrates.
