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LOT 2423
Natural History - Large Pink Dolomite Crystal Display Section Group [5]
3 3/4 - 5 in. (1.79 kg total, 9.6-12.5 cm).
Comprising five cut sections with marcasite inclusions. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2423
Natural History - Large Pink Dolomite Crystal Display Section Group [5]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Fossil Seed Fern Group
Middle Pennsylvanian Period, circa 300 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising two Pecopteris sp. fossil seed fern pairs. 240 grams total, 67-87 mm
From the Mazon Creek Fossil Beds, Braidwood, Illinois, USA. Collected 1930-1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Large Dravite Tourmaline Crystal Specimen Group [8]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising variously sized prismatic crystals in mica. 1.32 kg total, 53-76 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Deltadromeus Theropod Dinosaur Leg Bone Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 90 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Two front leg bone sections from the Dinosaur Deltadromeus agilis; one repaired. 389 grams total, 75-86 mm
From the Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German paleontological collection.
Deltadromeus meaning 'delta runner' has extraordinarily delicate and long limbs making it one of the fastest dinosaurs to have existed. This meat-eating dinosaur is an early off-shoot of the theropod line on northern continents that gave rise to Tyrannosaurus and the raptor Deinonychus.