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LOT 2768
Natural History - Fossil Diosaurus Skull on Composite Matrix
PALEOCENE EPOCH, 66-56 MILLION YEARS B.P.
20 3/4 in. (6.78 kg, 52.5 cm).
Displaying the left side of the skull and jaws with teeth, with a number of vertebrae to the side, set on a sandstone matrix; possibly Argochampsa krebsi. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2768
Natural History - Fossil Diosaurus Skull on Composite Matrix
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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Natural History - Madagascan Fossil Lump Wood
Late Triassic Period, circa 25 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A cut freestanding section of wood, polished to show the attractive banding. 604 grams, 11.2 cm
From Madagascar. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: arsenopyrite, collection number 471; fluorite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 196; a cut and polished agate geode slice in enhanced blue colour; serpentine from Cornwall, England, collection number 469; spodumene from Scotland, collection number 158; chalcocite from Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall, England, collection number 561; actinolite, collection number 463; lazulite with siderite from Crosscut, Yukon, Canada, collection number 548; orange calcite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 314. 149 grams total, 17-91 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic Epidote Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Displaying a bed of prismatic green crystals, collection number 604; acquired from Harrods, London, in 1986. 30 grams, 70 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Accompanied by an original historic index file card and an old Harrods invoice.
