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LOT 2261
Natural History - Boxed Mixed Mineral Collection [12]
3/4 - 1 in. (142 grams total, 21-24 mm).
Comprising muscovite, realgar, orpiment, rubellite, tourmaline, bornite, sulphur, kyanite, ulexite and chrysocolla; each in a labelled box. [12, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2261
Natural History - Boxed Mixed Mineral Collection [12]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Natural History - Extinct Genus of Prehistoric Fossil Salamander Skeleton
Middle Miocene Period, circa 13 million year B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
From Chelotriton paradoxus (Pomel, 1853) on a thin stone matrix mounted on a fibreglass box matrix. 808 grams, 18.5 cm
From Gacko Formation, Gracanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia. From an old Bristol, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Boxed Historic Sphalerite Crystal Display Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
The bifacial matrix with subhedral black crystals with a single large quartz crystal to one side. 337 grams, 10.2 cm
Ex Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory -
Natural History - African 'T-rex' Fossil Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-93 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £82
With some serration, from Carcharodontosaurus saharicus; repaired. 25.7 grams, 60 mm
From the Tegana formation of the Sahara Desert, Morocco. Acquired during 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) of all time and is also related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus.
