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LOT 1718
Natural History - Muscovite Crystal Mineral Specimen
2 1/8 in. (33.4 grams, 53 mm).
A finely formed cluster of flat, hexagonal muscovite crystals; held in a white card tray with label reading: 'MUSCOVITE, Minas Gerias, Brazil'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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Natural History - Fossil Plesiosaur Vertebrae
Jurassic-Cretaceous Period, 199-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A pair of Plesiosaur sp. fossil marine dinosaur vertebrae in a matrix; contained within a plaster field jacket. 4.8 kg, 36 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Plesiosaurs were among the first fossil animals to reach the general public's consciousness through the publication of two imaginatively illustrated books by Thomas Hawkins, a noted collector of fossils: Memoirs of Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri (1834) and The Book of the Great Sea-Dragons (1840). Using the historical models of his times, Hawkins regarded plesiosaurs as monstrous creations of Satan. -
Natural History - Fossil Lacewing
Cretaceous Period, 108-92 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A fossil lacewing in matrix. 162 grams, 93 mm
From Santana Formation, Brazil. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection. -
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Natural History - Fossil Barasaurus Parareptile Skeleton
Early Triassic Period, circa 255 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
A complete fossil Barasaurus besairiei skeleton on a matrix. 2.37 kg, 23 cm wide
From Plateau de I'lsala, Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
Barasaurus is an extinct genus of the Owenettid procolophonoid parareptile.
