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LOT 1954
Natural History - Mocha Stone (Dendritic Limestone) Tile Group [3]
4 3/8 - 5 3/4 in. (623 grams total, 11.1-14.5 cm).
Superb examples exhibiting finely formed dendrites of manganese oxide. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom India.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1954
Natural History - Mocha Stone (Dendritic Limestone) Tile Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Natural History - Fossil Pine Cone
Eocene Period, circa 55-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Agatized Dicotaledon fruit specimen. 23.6 grams, 54 mm
From the Western Sahara Desert, Morocco. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - British Bison Bone Group
Pleistocene Period, circa 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising sections of ribs, leg and other bones from Bison priscus. 2.45 kg total, 4.7-37 cm
From Oxfordshire, UK. From a Norfolk, UK, collection. -
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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.
