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LOT 2805
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth on Matrix
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-65 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 3/8 in. (306 grams, 13.7 cm).
Showing the tooth and a good portion of the root. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2805
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth on Matrix
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Natural History - Historic 'McKenzies Hill Mine, near Laverton, Western Australia' Gold Nugget
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
A natural nugget displaying attractive gold-yellow colour, collection number 611. 0.91 grams, 10 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): £33
Comprising: ruby from East Africa, collection number 172; orange citrine, collection number 296; aventurine, collection number 306; colourless aquamarine from Minas Gerais, Brazil, collection number 157; blue opal, collection number 141; a cut and polished amethyst slice from Brazil, collection number 360; deep seaweed-green tourmaline from Nigeria, West Africa, collection number 329; turquoise from Cornwall, England, collection number 22; agate from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 198. 53 grams total, 13-55 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 - Fossil Shrimp Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising two Carpopenaeus sp. specimens. 230 grams, 11.9 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
