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LOT 2664
Natural History - Mastodon Bone Face Carving
PLIOCENE PERIOD, 5.2-2.5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 in. (83 grams, 69 mm).
Displaying a later carved stylised face with exaggerated facial detailing. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
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LOT 2664
Natural History - Mastodon Bone Face Carving
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising: blue sapphire from Antar Village, Jamaa, Kaduna State, Nigeria, collection number 563; a fine aquamarine-blue tourmaline crystal with pale rose-pink colour towards the top of the main crystal, collection number 460, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; cinnabar from Humboldt County, California, USA, collection number 260; talc from Norway, collection number 18; copper from USA, collection number 91; baryte from Frizington, Cumbria, England, collection number 421; moss agatev311; lapis lazuli from USSR, collection number 135; mica schist from Skiathos Island, Greece, collection number 511. 104 grams total, 25-47 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
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Natural History - Hematoid Quartz Crystal Specimen Group [50]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising a large quantity of dark double-terminated crystals. 82 grams total, 10-31 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Whitby Dac Fossil Ammonite Cluster
Jurassic Period, circa 201-174 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Displaying a number of specimens, possibly Cymbites and a fragment of Arnioceras, on an irregular matrix. 509 grams, 14.1 cm
Found Whitby Dac, UK. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
