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LOT 2251
Natural History - Mixed Mineral Specimen Collection [30]
1/2 - 2 3/8 in. (564 grams total, 14-60 mm).
Comprising: rhododendrite, quartz, amethyst, pyrite, jasper, Icelandic spar, agate, calcite, and others. [30, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2251
Natural History - Mixed Mineral Specimen Collection [30]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - British Woolly Mammoth or Rhinoceros Hip Bone
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Fragment of the pelvis with socket; drilled and provided with a rod for mounting. 1.78 kg, 27 cm
From the North Sea bed. Ex Gemini Trading, UK. From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. Accompanied by an old identification tag. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Coral Head Heart Palmstone
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Cut to a heart-shape and revealing the internal structures. 141 grams, 69 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Deltadromeus Theropod Dinosaur Vertebra
Cretaceous Period, circa 90 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A vertebra with neural arch from the dinosaur Deltadromeus agilis. 247 grams, 87 mm
From the Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German paleontological collection.
Deltadromeus meaning 'delta runner' has extraordinarily delicate and long limbs making it one of the fastest dinosaurs to have existed. This meat-eating dinosaur is an early off-shoot of the theropod line on northern continents that gave rise to Tyrannosaurus and the raptor Deinonychus.
