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LOT 2277
Natural History - Boxed Cut and Polished Chiastolite Mineral Specimen Group [7]
3/4 - 1 1/4 in. (140 grams total, 21-31 mm).
Comprising seven specimens with black inclusions of graphite; in labelled specimen trays. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom China.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2277
Natural History - Boxed Cut and Polished Chiastolite Mineral Specimen Group [7]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Fossil Bahariasaurus Dinosaur Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 100-95 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
From the dinosaur Bahariasaurus ingens, with good enamel and serrations. 3.73 grams, 37 mm
From the Tegana Formation, Sahara Desert, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired 1980s. Old Bristol, UK, collection.
Bahariasaurus ingens was a mid-sized carnivore, and the teeth are different from Carcharodontosaurus in being thinner but having a thicker more triangular X-section. -
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Natural History - Fire Opal on Matrix Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
The matrices containing a number of dark orange examples. 564 grams total, 20-40 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Flexicalymene Fossil Trilobite Nodule
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
The nodule opened to reveal the positive and negative of the fossilised Flexicalymene sp. trilobite. 283 grams, 77 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
