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LOT 2481
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
1 5/8 - 2 1/2 in. (311 grams total, 42-63 mm).
Comprising: brown apache calcite, collection number 150; tincalconite from Kramer district, Kern County, California, USA, collection number 259; two agate and quartz slices from Brazil, collection number 353; gypsum in desert rose form from Mexico, collection number 31; epidote on orthoclase from USA, collection number 298; quartz from Derbyshire, England, collection number 416; apophyllite from Poona, India, collection number 386; a cut and polished slice of agate from Brazil, collection number 334. [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 Wolf Skull in Matrix
Late Pliocene-early Pleistocene Period, circa 5.3 million-60,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
The majority of Canis teilhardi skull in matrix with some other bone fragments. 1.28 kg, 19 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman formed since 2003. -
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Natural History - Polished Amethyst Crystal Pebble Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Displaying attractive banding, the colouring varying from light to dark purple. 232 grams total, 12-30 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Composite Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Jaw Pair
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Comprising a pair of Mosasaur prognathodon jaw section, each with three teeth. 1.16 kg, 19 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.
