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LOT 2551
Natural History - Fossil Plesiosaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Vertebra Group
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 3/8 - 3 3/4 in. (617 grams total, 86-96 mm).
Comprising two main bodies. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
LiteratureSee O’Keefe, F.R., The evolution of plesiosaur and pliosaur morphotypes in the Plesiosauria (Reptilia: Sauropterygia), 2002, Paleobiology, 28: 101-112.
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LOT 2551
Natural History - Fossil Plesiosaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Vertebra Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Natural History - Mixed Fossil and Mineral Collection
Mainly Devonian-Cretaceous Period, 395-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: a polished Goniatite sp. specimens; a polished Orthoceras sp.; a trilobite; a cut half geode specimen; a polished coral head; a rostral spine; a shark vertebra; two cut ammonites; a matrix with fossilised leaf remains; and other specimens. 1.9 kg total, 2.6-15.7 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: pyrite from Italy on a granite stand; granite from Middlesex, England, collection number 534; halite(?), no collection number; granite from the A40 construction works, Middlesex, collection number 502; basalt, collection number 225; bornite, collection number 178; quartz, no collection number; granite from adjacent to Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middlesex, England, collection number 462; an unidentified banded specimen, possibly slag, no collection number. 1.1 kg total, 2.1-10.9 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. Five specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
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Natural History - Hematoid Quartz Crystal Specimen Group [50]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising a large quantity of dark double-terminated crystals. 82 grams total, 10-31 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
