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LOT 2395
Natural History - Historic Boxed Troctolite and Eucrite Mineral Samples From Aberdeenshire and Ardnamurchan [2]
4 1/4 in. (1.1 kg total, 10.8-11 cm).
Comprising two large examples with old labels identifying them to be collection nos.52 and 53. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Scotland.
Ex Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Accompanied two old Gregory, Bottley & Co., Geologists tickets.
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LOT 2395
Natural History - Historic Boxed Troctolite and Eucrite Mineral Samples From Aberdeenshire and Ardnamurchan [2]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Fossil Keichousaurus Marine Reptile Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 250 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Comprising a complete Keichousaurus hui skeleton on a rectangular matrix. 2.58 kg, 20 x 29.5 cm
From Xingyi, Guizhou, China. Ex J. Shaul, collection, UK.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, a member of the Pleurosaur family, which 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. -
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Natural History - Boxed Topaz Mineral Specimen Group [10]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Each specimen displaying prismatic crystals on matrix. 94 grams total, 19-28 mm
From Mexico. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - 'North Sea' Fossil Woolly Mammoth Tusk Tip
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
From Mammuthus primigenius, cleaned and conserved. 177 grams total, 13.5 cm
Dredged from the North Sea, probably from Brown Bank, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, UK. From the private collection of Mr A Hills, Kent, UK.
