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LOT 2181
Natural History - Kalahari Desert Wind Stone Group [3]
2 1/8 - 2 1/4 in. (328 grams total, 54-58 mm).
Three wind-rounded pebbles each in a hollowed out 'nest'; with a hessian draw-ribbon pouch. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Kalahari Desert, Southern Africa.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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Natural History - Purple Agate Crystal Geode Cut Half Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
The exposed internal cavities filled with small crystals; in enhanced purple colour. 735 grams total, 8.3-11 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Polished Orthoceras Book End Pair
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Each polished and cut from a single block containing multiple Orthoceras sp. and other fossil specimens. 1.95 kg total, 12.2 cm high
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Deltadromeus Theropod Dinosaur Vertebra
Cretaceous Period, circa 90 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A vertebra with neural arch from the dinosaur Deltadromeus agilis. 247 grams, 87 mm
From the Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German paleontological collection.
Deltadromeus meaning 'delta runner' has extraordinarily delicate and long limbs making it one of the fastest dinosaurs to have existed. This meat-eating dinosaur is an early off-shoot of the theropod line on northern continents that gave rise to Tyrannosaurus and the raptor Deinonychus.
