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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 - Campo Del Cielo Meteorite
Fell 6000-5000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
A nickel iron (IAB) Campo del Cielo meteorite, composition 92.9% iron, 6.7% nickel. 76 grams, 44 mm
Very fine condition.
Discovered 1576 A.D., Chaco Province, Argentina. Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil African 'T-Rex' Dinosaur Tooth
Cretaceous Period, 145-93 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
A large Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (African T-rex) tooth, with remains of enamelling and serration. 21.3 grams, 66 mm
From the Tegana formation of the Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired during the 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators of all time (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) and is related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus. -
Natural History - Fossil Otodus Shark Teeth on Matrix Group
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A group of five matrices, each set with an Otodus obliquus fossil shark's tooth with cusplet teeth and remains of enamelling. 479 grams total, 60-64 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
