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LOT 2503
Natural History - Fossil Ichthyosaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Coprolite
EARLY JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 199 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 in. (32 grams, 52 mm).
Irregular coprolite with tiny fish-bone inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Broad Ledge, near Church Cliffs, Lyme Regis, Dorset, 2004.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by a copy of a previous illustrated catalogue page.
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LOT 2503
Natural History - Fossil Ichthyosaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Coprolite
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Historic 'Spencer Opal Mine, Idaho, U.S.A.' Opal Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
A milk-opal variety displaying iridescent white colour; purchased for £65.00 from Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd, in the 1980s, with an old label. 163 grams, 87 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. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: a cut and polished agate slice from Brazil, repaired, collection number 352; cobalto-smithsonite from Tsumeb, Namibia, South West Africa, collection number 562; malachite with quartz from Mexico, collection number 59; actinolite from Canada, collection number 16; wollastonite from Devon, England, collection number 159; antimony, collection number 584; fluorite from Cumbria, England, collection number 9; hematite from Cumbria, collection number 7; calcite from England, collection number 102. 94 grams total, 14-50 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. -
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Mini Crystal Geode Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Each showing an internal crystal filled cavity. 662 grams total, 25-40 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
