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LOT 2318
Natural History - Large Size Cut and Polished Malawi Agate Crystal Geode Pair
4 1/4 in. (953 grams total, 10.9-11 cm).
Comprising a boulder cut in two halves exposing the internal red and orange banding and a cavity of quartz crystals. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Malawi, Africa.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2318
Natural History - Large Size Cut and Polished Malawi Agate Crystal Geode Pair
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Fossil Shrimp Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A pair of Carpopenaeus sp. shrimps, each in a matrix. 327 grams total, 70-90 mm
From Lebanon. Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Polished Orthoceras Book End Pair
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Each polished and cut from a single block containing multiple Orthoceras sp. and other fossil specimens. 1.95 kg total, 12.2 cm high
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising two large specimens with good enamel; one repaired. 104 grams total, 52-69 mm
From in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.
