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LOT 2564
Natural History - Historic 'Australia' Boulder Opal Mineral Specimen
1 5/8 in. (47.4 grams, 43 mm).
Chocolate-brown matrix with vibrant opal inclusions, collection number 411. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970.
From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent.
Accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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LOT 2564
Natural History - Historic 'Australia' Boulder Opal Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: iron on matrix slate from England, collection number 89; quartz from a ploughed field, Speen, near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, collection number 54; quartz from Cornwall, England, collection number 295; septarian nodule from Horsenden Hill, Ealing, Middlesex, England, collection number 216; pseudomalachite with chrysocolla, collection number 394; cut slice of crazy laced agate, collection number 248; volcanic rock, collection number 531; a cut and polished slice of agate geode from Brazil, collection number 126; citrine from Brazil, collection number 379, with an old James Walker label and invoice dated 1979. 3.46 kg total, 7.8-24 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. Six specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Fossil Knightia Fish Group
Eocene Period, circa 58-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising three rounded matrices, two with a single Knightia alta specimen, and one with a full and a partial specimen. 186 grams total, 81-92 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Jaw on Composite Matrix
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
A large section of Mosasaur prognathodon jaw with eight teeth, set in a composite matrix with applied plaster reinforcement. 2.32 kg, 48 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.
