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LOT 2000
Natural History - Meyeria Lobster Fossil Group
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 66-100 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 7/8 - 3 in. (122 grams total, 72-76 mm).
Comprising two Meyeria magna lobster partials. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Atherfield clay, Atherfield, Isle of Wight, UK.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
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Natural History - Boxed Citrine 'Porcupine' Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
With dark crystals; supplied in a labelled specimen tray. 47 grams, 52 mm
From Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Marine Dinosaur Tooth Display
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising a pair of Mosasaur prognathodon sp. teeth; supplied in a custom display frame. 55 grams total, 13 cm high including case
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut & Polished Green Porphyry Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
A large lacquered cut section mined in Greece, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times. 574 grams, 23 cm
From Greece. Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Also known as Lapis Lacedaemonius and Porfido Verde Antico, a type of green porphyry quarried in Greece. Spartan basalt is a form of andesite or volcanic rock known today only from a single source in the village of Krokees on the Peloponnese in Greece. In addition, ancient sources mention a quarry of Lapis Lacedaemonius in Taygetus.
