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LOT 2683
Mount Vesuvius Volcano 'Lava Bomb' Fragment Group
1 - 1 1/4 in. (55 grams total, 25-33 mm).
Fragments from a freeform cooled molten rock. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Vesuvius, Campania, Italy.
De-acquisitioned from a private Cornwall, UK, collection.)
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Large Sodalite Mineral Specimen Group [20]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising twenty irregular unpolished specimens. 3.74 kg total, 50-92 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth and Fish Bone on Matrix
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A sandstone matrix with a Mosasaur prognathodon tooth an another fossil, likely from a fish. 195 grams, 96 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Goniatite Heart-Shaped Trinket Tray
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Carved from fossiliferous stone with a Goniatite sp. set at the top. 522 grams, 16.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. Private collection, London.