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LOT 3184
Mounted Amethyst Crystal Display
11 1/4 in. (3.48 kg total, 28.5 cm including stand).
A triangular polished geode section displaying green, pink and brown colours, lined with small prismatic light and dark purple amethyst crystals; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFrom Artigas, Uruguay.
Property of a London lady.
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LOT 3184
Mounted Amethyst Crystal Display
Estimate £650 - 750€750 - 870 (for guidance only)$880 - 1,010 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£342 (EUR 397; USD 462) +BP*
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Eurypterid Fossil Sea Scorpion
Silurian Period, circa 432-418 million years B.P.Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £175
Showing the armoured shell of the marine arthropod on a rectangular matrix. 1.89 kg, 22 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Eurypterids could grow to up to one metre in size to compete with armoured fish for food and territory. -
Mixed Mineral Specimen Collection
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: yellow sulphur, coal from Yorkshire Mine, selenite, polished lapis lazuli specimen, and others. 697 grams total, 1.1-16 cm
Acquired on the UK fossil and mineral market. Property of a West Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Bone Fragment Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising eight differently sized bone fragments from different bone structures. 133 grams total, 38-90 mm
Acquired on the UK art market. 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.