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LOT 1822
Natural History - Fossil Icthyosaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Vertebra
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200-145 YEARS B.P.
2 5/8 in. (136 grams, 66 mm).
An Ichthyosaurus communis vertebra; supplied with a carboard specimen tray. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Obtusum Zone, Lower Lias, Lower Jurassic, Charmouth, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England.
Acquired during the 1980s.
From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 1822
Natural History - Fossil Icthyosaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Vertebra
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Natural History - Boxed Pyrite 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £17
The specimen comprising small and large crystals with one larger cuboid crystal to the top; supplied in a labelled cardboard tray. 95 grams total, 42 mm
From Peru. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Historic Mixed Mineral Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: four native copper specimens; bornite specimens with mainly brown and blue iridescence; azurite; coprite on matrix; a section of petrified wood; a drilled calcite core; a yellow calcite specimen and a polished agate egg with a stand. 1.24 kg total, 3.4-11 cm
Collected in person in 1966. From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life. -
Natural History - Fossil Rastellum Bivalve Group
Middle Jurassic Period-late Creatceous Period, circa 174-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
The mollusc specimens with a narrow-valved tubular shell. 300 grams total, 65-71 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
