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LOT 2323
Natural History - Large Desert Rose Mineral Display
8 5/8 in. (3.1 kg, 22 cm wide).
A very large selenite gypsum 'desert rose' composed of blades of selenite with gypsum sand inclusions. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Humberside, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A specimen of polished amber with insect inclusion. 1.94 grams, 21 mm
Ex private UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Natural History - Fossil Ginko Leaf
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The light-coloured specimen on an irregular matrix. 48 grams, 80 mm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Mosasaur Fossil Partial Jaw with Teeth
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A lower jaw section displaying two large teeth from the Mosasaur prognathodon sp. 136 grams, 88 mm
Found in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
