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LOT 2546
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
1 5/8 - 3 in. (631 grams total, 43-75 mm).
Comprising: quartz cluster, collection number 309; baryte from Mexico, collection number 66; smithsonite from Ireland, collection number 287; cluster of gypsum blades from Mexico, collection number 31; calcite, collection number 592; cockscomb baryte with galena from Castleton, Cumbria, England, collection number 302; quartz from Lake District, England, collection number 538; siltstone from Table Top Mountain, South Africa; acicular aragonite cluster. [9, 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.
Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
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Natural History - Fossil Theropod Dinosaur Footprint
Lower Jurassic Period, circa 200 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Komlosaurus carbonis footprint on an irregular matrix with information ticket. 2.79 kg, 34 cm
From the Mecsek Coal Formation, Middle Hettangian to Early Sinemurian, Lower Lias, Lower Jurassic, Komlo, Mecsek Mountains, Baranya, Hungary. From the private collection of Mr J S, Northamptonshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman. -
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Natural History - Mosasaur Jaw Section
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
From the lower jaw, displaying two teeth from Prognathodon sp.; repaired. 89 grams, 87 mm
From the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological 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. -
Natural History - Historic 'Dundas, Tasmania' Crocoite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Displaying vivid orange-red, deep blood-red and brick-red colours, collection number 204, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. 106 grams, 57 mm
Acquired 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.
