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LOT 2397
Natural History - Medium 'Rusty' Rose Quartz Mineral Specimen Group [20]
2 1/8 - 3 5/8 in. (2.56 kg total, 53-93 mm).
Comprising good-seized chunks of rose quartz with ferrous mineral. [20, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2397
Natural History - Medium 'Rusty' Rose Quartz Mineral Specimen Group [20]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5
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Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Tooth with Root
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising of Prognathodon sp. tooth with root on a sandstone matrix. 168 grams, 10 cm
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. -
Natural History - Fossil Dicranurus Monstrosus Trilobite
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
On a matrix, showing the pair of horn-like spines behind the glabellum, specific for Dicranurus monstrosus odontopleurid trilobites. 171 grams, 81 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Turtle Coprolite
Eocene Period, circa 50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising a turtle coprolite (fossilised turtle excrement). 183 grams, 79 mm
From the Wilkes Formation, Salmon Creek, Lewis County, Washington, USA. Acquired during the 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
