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LOT 1816
Natural History - Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode, Natural Box & Lid
3 1/2 - 3 3/4 in. (1.15 kg total, 88-94 mm).
Comprising a rounded nodule cut at one end to form a 'lid'; brown, white and red banding; the cavity with small lavender-coloured amethyst crystals. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1816
Natural History - Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode, Natural Box & Lid
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Fossil Keichousaurus Marine Reptile Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 250 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Complete Keichousaurus hui skeleton on a rectangular matrix. 2.4 kg, 31.2 cm
From Xingyi, Guizhou, China. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, and a member of the Pleurosaur family, and went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters, and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs. -
Natural History - British Bison Bone Group
Pleistocene Period, circa 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising mainly leg bone and rib sections from Bison priscus. 2.2 kg total, 6.5-27 cm
From Oxfordshire, UK. From a Norfolk, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Large Cut and Polished Septarian Egg Half
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
The attractive internal structure filled with yellow and brown aragonite crystals. 3.28 kg, 19.5 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
