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LOT 1811
Natural History - Boxed Historic 'Dog Tooth' Quartz Specimen 'Paper Weight'
3 in. (206 grams, 78 mm).
With large crystals and two small clusters of pyrite underneath. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1811
Natural History - Boxed Historic 'Dog Tooth' Quartz Specimen 'Paper Weight'
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Unpolished Cut Fossil Tree Trunk Section
Triassic Period, 252-201 million year B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
With one smooth side, displaying bands of colour. 3.5 kg, 26.5 cm
From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur and Otodus Shark Tooth on Matrix
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
The group comprising an Otodus obliquus tooth and a Prognathodon sp. tooth on individual matrices. 958 grams total, 9.4-11.5 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Sikhote Alin Meteorite
Fell 12th February 1947 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
The iron meteorite (chemical group IIAB) with a coarse octahedrite structure. 18 grams, 25 mm
From Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorye, Russia. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Sikhote-Alin meteorite fell during daylight at 10:38 am local time on 12th February, 1947. Witnesses reported a fireball that was brighter than the sun. It came from about 15 degrees east of north and descended at an angle of 41 degrees. It left a trail of smoke and dust 20 miles long which lingered for several hours. Light and sound of the fall were observed for two hundred miles around the point of impact.