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LOT 2830
Natural History - Fossil North African 'T-Rex' Tooth
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 145-93 MILLION YEARS B.P.
1 1/8 in. (2.83 grams, 29 mm).
Showing some good serrations, from Carcharodontosaurus saharicus. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
FootnotesThe Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) of all time and is also related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus.
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Natural History - Large Fossil Woolly Mammoth Tooth
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
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Comprising: a cut and polished agate geode section, collection number 335; a large section of ignimbrite, collection number 87; quartz from Rhandir-Mwyn, near Llandovery, Dyfed, Wales, collection number 331; white quartz, collection number 403; schist from Skiathos Island, Greece, collection number 513; quartzite, collection number 86; siderite in chlorite from Devon, England, collection number 281; boulangerite from Noche Bvena, Zacatecas, Mexico, collection number 619, with an old Richard Tayler Minerals label; granite from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, England, collection number 503. 11 kg total, 7-19 cm
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Natural History - Historic 'Poland' Halite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Displaying cubic greyish white, white and colourless crystals, collection number 583. 236 grams, 19.5 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
