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LOT 2167
Natural History - Historic Slovenia Gold and Silver Ore Mineral Specimen
2 1/4 in. (107 grams, 61 mm).
The host rock raw and unpolished. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Exchange Mine, Slovenia.
Collected in person in 1965.
From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.
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LOT 2167
Natural History - Historic Slovenia Gold and Silver Ore Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Vertebra, Ribs and Jaw
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Comprising various bone and rib fragments, a large vertebra and jaw fragments with teeth from Mosasaur prognathodon sp.; on a sandstone matrix with applied plaster reinforcement. 12.8 kg, 46 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 - Quartz Crystal Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising a large quantity of translucent crystal points. 911 grams total, 28-39 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Seed Fern Pair Group
Middle Pennsylvanian Period, circa 300 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising two Pecopteris sp. fossil seed fern pairs. 175 grams total, 54-66 mm
From the Mazon Creek Fossil Beds, Braidwood, Illinois, USA. Collected 1930-1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
