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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 Barasaur Reptile Skeletons
Late Permian-early Triassic Period, circa 255 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Two rare Barasaurus besairiei skeletons on a matrix. 2 kg, 29.5 cm
From Plateau de I'lsala, Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Barasaurus is an extinct genus of the Owenettid procolophonoidpara reptile. -
Natural History - Large Quartz Rock Crystal Point
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising a large prismatic crystal with three smaller adjoining crystals to the side. 325 grams, 17.5 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Ammonite Plate
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
A composite plate containing a large number of variously sized fossil ammonites, polished upper face. 782 grams, 24.5 cm
From Madagascar. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.