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LOT 1823
Natural History - Australian Agate Creek Cut and Polished 'Thunder Egg' Half Group
3 - 3 3/4 in. (883 grams total, 77-97 mm).
A trio of cut Australian 'thunder egg' halves, each with the exposed face polished. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAgate Creek, Australia.
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1823
Natural History - Australian Agate Creek Cut and Polished 'Thunder Egg' Half Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Natural History - Polished Baltic Amber with Large Diptera Fly
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £121
A good sized polished block of Baltic amber with multiple inclusions including a large Diptera insect. 7.56 grams, 63 mm
Fine condition.
From the Baltic Sea coast, Primorskoje mine, Kaliningrad. English collection formed in the 1990s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman. Accompanied by an illustrated identification card with provenance. -
Natural History - Fossil Morocops Trilobite Group
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A group of three Morocops (Barrandeops) sp. trilobites on a matrix. 256 grams total, 51-59 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxford, UK, paleontological collection. -
Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Jaw Section
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
A fossilised lower jaw section displaying three teeth from Prognathodon sp., mosasaur specialised in eating tough shelled prey. 101 grams, 10.4 cm
From the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
