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LOT 1879
Natural History - Fossil Speculator Trilobite
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 5/8 in. (113 grams, 68 mm).
Phacops speculator specimen on a matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Keichousaurus Marine Reptile Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 250 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Complete Keichousaurus hui skeleton on a rectangular matrix. 2.8 kg, 35.5 cm
From Xingyi, Guizhou, China. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, and a member of the Pleurosaur family, and went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters, and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs. -
Natural History - Polished Aventurine Quartz Crystal Tree on Amethyst Crystal Base
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
The flexible metal branches tipped with polished aventurine pebbles; the matrix with clusters of purple amethyst crystals. 563 grams, 18 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
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Natural History - Large Amethyst Crystal Lump Group [34]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising large irregular chunks in light to dark purple colour. 2.26 kg total, 42-93 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
