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LOT 1882
Natural History - Large Cut and Polished Quartz Crystal Point
2 3/4 in. (150 grams, 70 mm).
A cut and polished quartz crystal point; held in a white card collector's tray. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1882
Natural History - Large Cut and Polished Quartz Crystal Point
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Natural History - Galena with Quartz and Sphalerite Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A lead grey galena matrix with clusters of black sphalerite crystals and a large quantity of well-formed clear prismatic quartz crystals; supplied in a carboard specimen tray. 189 grams, 68 mm
Very fine condition.
Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Cut and Polished Amethyst Crystal Massage Wand Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £14
A pair of polished amethyst crystal massage wands; held in a white card collector's tray. 84 grams total, 10.5-10.8 cm
Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
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Natural History - Three-Dimensional Mosasaur Skull with Vertebrae
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
A fossil Mosasaur sp. displaying the skull with at least 33 teeth surviving in the upper and lower jaw, many with remains of enamel, alongside the remains of at least 15 of the animal's vertebrae; a juvenile on a sedimentary matrix wrapped in a plaster field jacket. 19.7 kg, 62 cm wide
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11722-197505.
Mosasaurs (from the Greek for 'lizard') were aquatic dinosaurs which probably gave birth to live young.
