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LOT 2467
Natural History - Large Amethyst Crystal Chunk Group [12]
1 5/8 - 2 1/2 in. (1.36 kg total, 43-64 mm).
Comprising twelve dark purple pieces of prismatic crystals. [12, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2467
Natural History - Large Amethyst Crystal Chunk Group [12]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Fossil Shark Vertebrae and Megalodon Giant Shark Tooth Group
Jurassic-Pliocene Period, circa 190-2.5 million years B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising a lamnoid-type vertebra with visible septa, the Otodus megalodon tooth with some good enamel and partial serrations. 72.5 grams total, 29-68 mm
From North Carolina, U.S.A. The tooth ex Little Gems Rock Shop, Norfolk, U.K. From the private collection of Mr A Hills, Kent, UK. Accompanied by a Little Gems Rock Shop card with handwritten identification for the Megalodon tooth. -
Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 165 grams, 60 cm long
From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s. -
Natural History - A Collection of Natural History Items
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Including the skull and mandible of a primate, a scorpion in perspex matrix and various shells. 245 grams total, 3.5-11.7 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.