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LOT 2759
Natural History - Fossil Sand Shark Teeth Group
EOCENE PERIOD, 56-33 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3/4 - 1 3/8 in. (35 grams total, 18-36 mm).
Comprising twenty-two Otodus obliquus teeth. [22, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Norfolk, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Woolly Rhinoceros Lower Back Tooth
Ice Age, 50,000-20,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
With substantial roots. 140 grams, 81 mm
From Yakutsk, Permafrost Region, Siberia. Acquired from an old Dutch collection. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, collector. -
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Natural History - Polished Amethyst Crystal Pebble Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Displaying attractive banding, the colouring varying from light to dark purple. 232 grams total, 12-30 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: branching calcite from Brazil, collection number 77; agate from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 198; wavellite from Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA, collection number 244; opaque topaz pebble from Madagascar, collection number 294; granite from near Harare, Zimbabwe, collection number 586; quartz, collection number 315; cerussite on heulandite from Ireland, collection number 499, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; mica, collection number 366; biotite with no collection number. 467 grams total, 37-73 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.
