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LOT 2288
Natural History - Cased Amethyst Crystal Pendant Group [8]
2 1/4 x 1 5/8 x 3/4 in. (122 grams total, 58 x 40 x 20 mm including case each).
Dark purple crystals set in white metal sleeves with free-running suspension loops; supplied in display cases. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2288
Natural History - Cased Amethyst Crystal Pendant Group [8]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Fossil Deltadromeus Theropod Dinosaur Vertebra
Cretaceous Period, circa 90 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A vertebra with partial neural arch from the dinosaur Deltadromeus agilis. 364 grams, 12.2 cm
From the Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German paleontological collection.
Deltadromeus meaning 'delta runner' has extraordinarily delicate and long limbs making it one of the fastest dinosaurs to have existed. This meat-eating dinosaur is an early off-shoot of the theropod line on northern continents that gave rise to Tyrannosaurus and the raptor Deinonychus. -
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Carcharocles megalodon tooth with some good polished enamel. 13.5 grams, 76 mm
From Florida, USA. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Oxynotum Zone Fossil Cluster
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
The matrix set with a montage of ammonites, bivalves and a belemnite. 119 grams, 10 cm
From Tuffley, Gloucestershire, UK. From a Gloucestershire, UK, collection.