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LOT 2188
Natural History - Aragonite Crystal Specimen Group [11]
1 1/8 - 2 1/8 in. (313 grams total, 28-54 mm).
Comprising eleven clusters of pseudo-hexagonal twinned crystals. [11, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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Natural History - Polished Fossil Sand Dollar Pair
Miocene Period, circa 25 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £10
Comprising two polished examples. 140 grams total, 58-68 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Teeth and Fish Bone Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising three Mosasaur prognathodon sp. teeth and various fish bone fragments on a sandstone matrices. 336 grams total, 78-89 mm
From in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish. -
Natural History - Boxed Pyrite 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Rose Pair [2]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Each with small crystals to the centre, surrounded by larger crystals forming a flower shape. 144 grams total, 47-52 mm
From Peru. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).