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LOT 2467
Natural History - Historic Mounted 'Australia' Black Opal Specimen Pendant
3/4 in. (1.77 grams, 20 mm).
Polished to an oval cabochon and mounted to a pendant frame, collection number 219. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Miss Rawlinson in 1908.
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.
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LOT 2467
Natural History - Historic Mounted 'Australia' Black Opal Specimen Pendant
Sold for (Inc. bp): £150
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Natural History - Medium Sized Green Beryl Mineral Specimen Group [50]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising a number of light green chunks in various sizes. 2.67 kg total, 34-60 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Large Composite Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Teeth Assemblage
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
An assemblage of Mosasaur prognathodon teeth, attached to a jaw-shaped matrix for display; all set in a composite matrix. 6.59 kg, 37 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. -
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Natural History - Flexicalymene Fossil Trilobite Group
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Three Flexicalymene sp. trilobites from nodules. 351 grams total, 71-86 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
