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LOT 2258
Natural History - Grade A Cut and Polished Agate Slice Collection with 'Eyes' [4]
4 1/2 - 4 5/8 in. (466 grams total, 11.5- 11.8 cm).
Comprising three examples with mainly orange and grey banding, one with grey and light brown banding; each example with a number of attractive eye-shaped formations. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2258
Natural History - Grade A Cut and Polished Agate Slice Collection with 'Eyes' [4]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Fossil Megalodon Shark Tooth
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Carcharocles megalodon tooth displaying some good polished enamel. 198 grams, 95 mm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Carcharodon megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful marine predators in vertebrate history and likely had a profound impact on structuring of the marine communities. Fossil remains indicate that this giant shark reached a length of more than 16 meters (52 ft) and also affirm that it had a cosmopolitan distribution. Scientists suggest that in life it looked like a stockier version of the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias. -
Natural History - Box of Yellow Sulphur Specimens [73]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising a large quantity of bright yellow samples in various sizes. 1.2 kg total, 18-65 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Amazon Rainforest Fossil Tree Trunk Section
Circa 100 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Displaying fossilised bark and tree rings in red, burgundy, orange and black. 2.5 kg, 15 cm wide
From the Bagua Grande region, Peru. Ex old Spanish private collection of Mr J. Dornellas; acquired through inheritance in the 1950s. Acquired from Proto Cultures Art, Manchester, UK, before 2010. From the private collection of Mr A Hills, Kent, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a Proto Cultures Art certificate of authenticity and other documentation.