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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 - Fossil Mosasaur Teeth and Fish Bone Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising various fish bone fragments including teeth from Mosasaur prognathodon sp.; on a sandstone matrix. 496 grams total, 82-96 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 - Charmouth Fossil Ammonite Group
Jurassic Period, 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising three matrices, each containing Promicroceras planicosta fossil ammonites. 341 grams total, 4.8-12 cm
From Charmouth, UK. Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossilised Wood Section
Triassic Period, circa 250-200 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5
A section of fossilised wood with a polished face. 848 grams, 17 cm
From Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
