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LOT 2513
Natural Emerald Cabochon
3/8 in. (0.64 grams, 9 mm).
Oval-shaped with domed upper face; testing as emerald or chrysoprase. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Insects in Copal Pair
Carboniferous Period, circa 3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising two elongated pieces containing insects and other inclusions. 22 grams total, 79 - 128 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Claudiosaurus Skeleton
Late Permian-Early Triassic Period, circa 252-250 million years B.P.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Showing the acephalic skeleton of the extinct genus of diapsid reptile, on a rounded matrix. 4.34 kg, 28.5 cm
From Madagascar. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Claudiosaurus is an extinct genus of diapsid reptiles from the Late Permian Sakamena Formation of the Morondava Basin, Madagascar. It is theorised that this was a semi-aquatic, lizard-like dinosaur. -
Kambaba Jasper Sphere
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A good size sphere showing attractive 'eye' patterns. 464 grams, 69 mm
From a Gloucestershire, UK, collection.