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LOT 2073
Natural History - Large Cut and Polished Septarian Egg Half
7 5/8 in. (3.28 kg, 19.5 cm).
The attractive internal structure filled with yellow and brown aragonite crystals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2073
Natural History - Large Cut and Polished Septarian Egg Half
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Mammoth Tusk Section Group
Pleistocene Age, circa 40.000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising a pair of cut outer layers with a polished face. 87 grams total, 13.5-15 cm
From an old Bristol, Uk, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising two large specimens with good enamel; one repaired. 79 grams total, 51-66 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Sporadoceras Goniatite Group
Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising two freestanding Sporadoceras sp., polished through the shell to reveal the calcite preserved inside and show the dividing gas chambers known as suture patterns where the chambers meet the surface giving a zig-zag pattern. 433 grams total, 83-88 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
