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LOT 2252
Natural History - Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Slice Group [6]
4 5/8 - 5 1/8 in. (625 grams total, 11.7-13 cm).
Comprising six polished slices showing attractive banding, some with the internal cavity filled with quartz crystals. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2252
Natural History - Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Slice Group [6]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Natural History - Fossil Keichousaurus Marine Reptile Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 250 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Comprising a complete Keichousaurus hui skeleton on a rectangular matrix. 2.58 kg, 20 x 29.5 cm
From Xingyi, Guizhou, China. Ex J. Shaul, collection, UK.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, a member of the Pleurosaur family, which 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 - Large Beetle Larva in Baltic Amber
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Polished to highlight the beetle larva inclusion. 1.08 grams, 25 mm
From Primorskoje mine, Yantarnyi, Kaliningrad. Property of an Essex gentleman. Accompanied by an illustrated identification card. -
Natural History - British Fossil Bison Bone Collection
Pleistocene Period, circa 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising sections of ribs, vertebrae and other bones from Bison priscus. 1.32 kg total, 7.5-40 cm
From Oxfordshire, UK. From a Norfolk, UK, collection.
