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LOT 2349
Natural History - Large Blue Agate Book End Pair
5 1/4 - 5 3/4 in. (4.6 kg total, 13.5-14.5 cm).
A polished blue banded agate book end pair, showing some exposed crystals. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Humberside, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Meteorite Dust from NWA Meteorites in Display Vial
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A small glass vial of meteoritic dust with a screw cap. 4.79 grams total, 24 mm
From the Sahara Desert, North Africa. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Ammonite Platter
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising a composite of various sized ammonites with polished upper surface. 979 grams, 26 cm wide
From Madagascar. Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising five Spinosaurs maroccanus teeth; three repaired. 13 grams total, 23-29 mm
From the Tegana Formation, Taouz, Morocco. From an old German paleontological collection.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, Turtles and large fish.
