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LOT 2493
Natural History - Large Leopard Stone Mineral Specimen Group
1 3/4 - 2 3/8 in. (1 kg total, 45-59 mm).
Eighteen red leopard skin jasper samples in various shades of red. [18, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the historic ‘Victorian Museum’ or later collection of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's); formerly Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously J.R. Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898).
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
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LOT 2493
Natural History - Large Leopard Stone Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Australian Panned Alluvial Gold Nuggets
Panned 1962 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Including small specimens panned from the Eucumbene River, Kiadra, New South Wales, together with specimens from Queensland; housed in a cylindrical container. Container 12.78 grams total, 39 mm
Found River Kiandra, New South Wales, Australia, 1962. Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P.R. of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. -
Natural History - Polished Goniatite Plate
Upper Devonian Period, 370 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
The medium sized Goniatite sp. set on a textured matrix and polished to show internal gas chambers. 1.24 kg, 21 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Knightia Fossil Fish Group
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising three round matrices, two with a single specimen and the third matrix with two overlapping Knightia alta fossil fish with remains of another to the edge. 174 grams total, 72-85 mm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
In southwest Wyoming (and parts of Colorado and Utah) in the Green River Formation are found some of the world's most outstanding specimens of fossil fish. The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time.
