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LOT 2420
Natural History - Chrysocolla Mineral Sample Group [8]
1 1/4 - 2 in. (192 grams total, 33-49 mm).
Comprising eight irregular dark green pieces. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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Natural History - Insect in Polished Baltic Amber
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Polished to highlight the intact fly inclusion. 0.41 grams, 13 mm
Property of the vendor's father, thence by descent. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman. -
Natural History - Cut and Polished Pyrite Crystal Block
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising a roughly rectangular matrix with one polished face containing a large quantity of pyrite crystals. 729 grams, 85 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth with Root
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising of Prognathodon sp. tooth with root on a sandstone matrix. 168 grams, 10 cm
From in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.
