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LOT 2144
Natural History - Australian Agate Creek Cut and Polished 'Thunder Egg'
3 1/8 in. (468 grams total, 81 mm each).
The 'thunder egg' cut in half to expose the dark internal banding. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Agate Creek, Australia.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2144
Natural History - Australian Agate Creek Cut and Polished 'Thunder Egg'
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Large Rose Quartz Crystal Specimen Group [6]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising six large chunks in vivid pink shade. 995 grams total, 66-87 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Hadrosaur Dinosaur Egg
Late Cretaceous Period, circa 100-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
A near complete Charonosaurus sp. hadrosaur egg, retaining the leathery surface, and possibly showing the internal remains at one corner. 1.73 kg, 14.1 cm
From Xixia Basin, Henan Province, China. Ex Eons Ago, USA, circa 2008. Prepared by Christine Coyle, U.S.A. From the private collection of Mr A Hills, Kent, UK.
Dinosaur eggs are known from about 200 sites around the world, the majority in Asia and mostly in terrestrial (non-marine) rocks of the Cretaceous Period. It may be that thick calcite eggshells evolved during the Cretaceous (145 to 65 million years ago). Most dinosaur eggs have one of two forms of eggshell that are distinct from the shells of related modern animal groups, such as turtles or birds; however, some eggs closely resemble the type of shells seen in present day ostrich eggs. -
Natural History - Polished Goniatite Jewellery Box
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A rectangular lidded jewellery or trinket box, polished and cut from a single block containing multiple Goniatite sp. and other fossil specimens. 646 grams, 12.6 x 7.3 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
