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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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LOT 1718
Natural History - Muscovite Crystal Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5
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Natural History - Fossil Woolly Mammoth Tooth
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
A fossil Mammuthus primigenius woolly mammoth tooth showing good remains of chewing surface and root plate. 3.5 kg, 24.5 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
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Natural History - Pair of Barasaurus Skeletons
Early Triassic Period, circa 255 million years B.P.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
A pair of complete fossil Barasaurus besairiei skeletons on a matrix. 2.08 kg, 29.5 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. -
Natural History - 'Guppy' Fossil Fish Plate
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A sedimentary matrix displaying at least 11 full and partial fossil 'guppy' fish; a mortality plate. 1.1 kg, 29 cm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
