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LOT 2490
Natural History - Historic 'Sierra Madre, Mexico' Rhyolite Mineral Specimen
4 1/8 in. (315 grams, 10.5 cm high).
Displaying attractive brown banding, probably due to wind-weathering, collection number 363. [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 2490
Natural History - Historic 'Sierra Madre, Mexico' Rhyolite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
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Natural History - Large Historic 'Shepton Mallet, Somerset' Calcite Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A large section displaying pinkish white to opaque and pinkish pale brown colours, from Tor Quarry, near Shepton Mallet, Somerset, 130 feet below ground level near the junction with the overlying Triassic (pinkish powder), collection number 70. 5 kg, 23 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. Accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Mixed Fossil Collection
Devonian-Late Pleistocene Period, 395 million-200,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: a Pseudopecten bivalve; two Littorina littorea gastropods from Dorset; two Goniatite sp. ammonites; four polished Orthoceras sp. specimens; a Beudanticeras sp. ammonite from Kent; a rostral spine; and other fossils specimens. 1.3 kg total, 23-92 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Hadrosaur Dinosaur Egg Pair
Cretaceous Period, 100 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
A pair of Charonosaurus sp. hadrosaur eggs on a matrix retaining evidence of the original leathery surface. 8.85 kg, 27.5 cm
Acquired 1983-1990. Private collection, Hove, UK.
Hadrosaurs were large dinosaurs, growing up to 10 metres in length, belonging to the ‘Duck-Billed’ group of dinosaurs. They are considered the ‘herd animal’ of the Cretaceous, having been found buried together in their thousands. Dinosaur egg fossils are known from approximately two-hundred sites around the word, particularly in Asia. This nest comes from the Xixia Formation, Henan region of China, which produces some of the best preserved eggs in the world. These eggs can yield entire embryos within them, making them an essential tool for understanding the biology of these creatures.
