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LOT 1729
Natural History - Australian Agate Creek Cut and Polished 'Thunder Egg' Pair
3 1/4 in. (455 grams total, 82 mm each).
Two halves of a cut Australian 'thunder egg', with both exposed faces polished. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAgate Creek, Australia.
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1729
Natural History - Australian Agate Creek Cut and Polished 'Thunder Egg' Pair
Sold for (Inc. bp): £34
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Natural History - British Specularite with Quartz Crystal Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A group of ten specimens of specularite with quartz; each held in a white card collector's tray and accompanied by a typed identification label reading 'Cumbria, UK'. 273 grams total, 25-41 mm
From Cumbria, UK. Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Lacewing
Cretaceous Period, 108-92 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A fossil lacewing in matrix. 162 grams, 93 mm
From Santana Formation, Brazil. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection. -
Natural History - Giant Elephant Bird Eggshell Group
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A group of two eggshell sections from the Giant Elephant Bird Aepyornis sp.; supplied in a display case. 221 grams total, 13.5 x 15.7 cm including case
From Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection. Property of a Leicestershire, UK, private collector. Accompanied by an identification slip.
Elephant bird was a gigantic, flightless bird, measuring nearly 10 feet in height, and lived on the island of Madagascar until it became extinct, possibly as late as the 17th century.
