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LOT 1903
Natural History - Mixed Cut and Polished Agate Slice Collection [13]
3 3/8 - 5 3/4 in. (810 grams total, 8.5-14.7 cm).
With brown, white, orange, grey and blue banding; one with enhanced colour. [13, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1903
Natural History - Mixed Cut and Polished Agate Slice Collection [13]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Stony Iron Meteorite
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising a large irregular mass. 46.6 grams, 45 mm
From Morocco, Sahara Desert. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Cambropallas Trilobite
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Cambropallas telesto on a light brown matrix. 1.6 kg, 21.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Cave Hyena Upper Jaw
Pleistocene Period, 90,000-40,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
From Crocuta crocuta spelaea, comprising the majority of the upper jaw with both canines, molars, premolars and carnassials. 160 grams, 12.8 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman.
The cave hyena is also known as the Ice Age spotted hyena, a paleosubspecies of spotted hyena in Eurasia. It was a highly specialised mammal that preyed on large mammals such as the woolly rhino and steppe bison.