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LOT 1843
Natural History - Amethyst Gem Tree
6 1/8 in. (418 grams, 15.5 cm high).
A medium size gemstone tree consisting of a brass trunk and branches tipped with polished amethyst, mounted on a section of amethyst geode. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceMineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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Natural History - Large Fossil Cambropallas Trilobite
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
A large Cambropallas sp. fossil trilobite in a matrix. 2.3 kg, 28.5 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Mastodon Tusk Carving
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
A Mastodon fossil tusk carving depicting a stylised face. 44 grams, 93 mm
From Island of Java. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection. -
Natural History - Three-Dimensional Mosasaur Skull with Vertebrae
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
A fossil Mosasaur sp. displaying the skull with at least 33 teeth surviving in the upper and lower jaw, many with remains of enamel, alongside the remains of at least 15 of the animal's vertebrae; a juvenile on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 19.7 kg, 62 cm wide
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11722-197505.
Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young.