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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 - Black Obsidian 'Volcanic Glass' Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising a large quantity of cut specimens of various sizes and shapes. 1.1 kg total, 26-61 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Petraster Fossil Starfish Group
Ordovician Period, circa 485-444 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising three Petraster sp. specimens, each on a matrix. 1.3 kg total, 9-12.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Teeth and Fish Bone Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising various fish bone fragments including teeth from Mosasaur prognathodon sp.; on a sandstone matrix. 496 grams total, 82-96 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.
