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LOT 1791
Natural History - Fossil Woolly Mammoth Bone
PLEISTOCENE PERIOD, 2.6 MILLION-11,700 YEARS B.P.
9 7/8 in. (954 grams total, 25 cm high including stand).
A Mammuthus primigenius fossil woolly mammoth bone, mounted on a custom-made display base with information sticker. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Cut Amethyst Crystal Geode Section Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A group of ten amethyst geode sections displaying crystals of various sizes and shades of purple. 1.74 kg total, 56-77 mm
Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Kalahari Desert Wind Stone Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A group of five wind-rounded pebbles with their individual hollowed out 'nests', from the Kalahari Desert region; each set provided with a hessian draw-ribbon pouch. 394 grams total, 46-71 mm
From the Kalahari Desert, Southern Africa. Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
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Natural History - Three-Dimensional Mosasaur Skull with Vertebrae
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
A fossil Mosasaur sp. displaying the skull with at least 33 teeth surviving in the upper and lower jaw, many with remains of enamel, alongside the remains of at least 15 of the animal's vertebrae; a juvenile on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 19.7 kg, 62 cm wide
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11722-197505.
Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young.
