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LOT 1880
Natural History - Caledonia Mine Native Copper Specimen Group
1 5/8 in. (209 grams total, 41 mm each including box).
A group of 13 Caledonia mine native copper specimens, each mounted on foam and held in a white card collector's tray accompanied by an identification label; accompanied by typed labels reading 'Michigan copper ore. Calumet and Helca conglomerate centennial #6 mine Houghton Co., Michigan.' [13, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA.
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1880
Natural History - Caledonia Mine Native Copper Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite
Jurassic Period, 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A pair of cut and polished fossil ammonite halves, each displaying the gas chambers; possibly Cleoniceras sp. 323 grams total, 10.3-10.5 cm
From Madagascar. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Pair
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A matching pair of cut agate geode halves, with exposed crystals to the interior. 628 grams total, 10.4-10.5 cm
Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
A trio of Spinosaurus sp. fossil teeth with remains of enamelling. 56 grams total, 57-64 mm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish.
