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LOT 2522
Natural History - Historic 'Zolluerein Mine, Germany' Millerite Mineral Specimen
1 3/8 in. (5.51 grams, 33 mm).
Consisting of a fine hair-like crystals radiating from a thin barite/dolomite matrix, zaratite and marcasite also present, collection number 580; purchased for £40.00 from Geologisch Centrum, in the 1980s. [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 2522
Natural History - Historic 'Zolluerein Mine, Germany' Millerite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Mixed Historic Fossils
Mainly Jurassic Period, circa 201-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
An interesting mixed group comprising ammonites, a rib, an antler, petrified wood and others. 1.71 kg total, 2.5-15.5 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. -
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. -
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Natural History - Deltadromeus Dinosaur Fossil Bone Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 90 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising a clavicle bone section and a front leg bone section from Deltadromeus agilis. 295 grams total, 86-90 mm
From Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco. From an old German paleontological collection.
Deltadromeus had extraordinarily delicate and long limbs making it one of the fastest dinosaurs to have existed. This meat-eating dinosaur was an early off-shoot of the theropod line on northern continents that gave rise to Tyrannosaurus and the raptor Deinonychus.
