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LOT 1767
Natural History - Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Slice Group
3 3/8 - 4 in. (836 grams total, 8.6-10.1 cm).
A group of 15 agate geode slices of various sizes and displaying various colours, polished to both faces. [15, No Reserve]
ProvenanceMineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1767
Natural History - Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Slice Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Natural History - Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A graduated string of tumbled natural variegated lapis lazuli pebble beads with clasp. 139 grams, 45 cm long
Fine condition.
UK gallery, acquired in the 2000s. Property of an English gentleman. -
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
Jurassic Period, 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A pair of cut and polished fossil ammonite halves, each displaying the gas chambers; possibly Cleoniceras sp. 172 grams total, 95-97 mm
From Madagascar. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Fossil Spinosaurus Dinosaur Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
A mixed group of three Spinosaurs maroccanus fossil teeth with remains of enamelling; held in white card collector's trays. 90 grams total, 36-77 mm
Fine condition, repaired.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded plesiosaurs, pterosaurs, turtles and large fish.