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LOT 2832
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth on Composite Matrix
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 3/8 in. (643 grams, 13.8 cm).
Showing the majority of the tooth and some root. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2832
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth on Composite Matrix
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Natural History - Historic 'Dundas, Tasmania' Crocoite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Displaying vivid orange-red, deep blood-red and brick-red colours, collection number 204, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. 106 grams, 57 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 Collection of Mineral Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: bismuth from Czechoslovakia, collection number 417; barite from Colorado, USA, collection number 570; pyrite on baryte from Brazil, collection number 122; bournonite and chalcopyrite on quartz from Peru, collection number 442; bornite from Mexico, collection number 62; pyrite and sphalerite from Silvermine, Tipperary, Ireland, collection number 413; cut calcite geode half from Brazil, collection number 247; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 193; quartz from Brazil, collection number 114. 1.57 kg total, 4.9-11 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Eight specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Fossil Agnostid Trilobite Cluster in Matrix
Middle Cambrian Period, circa 500 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Agnostid trilobite, Pychognostus cayanus cluster in sedimentary rock matrix. 35 grams, 58 mm
From House Range, Millard County, Utah, U.S.A. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
