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LOT 2130
Natural History - Natural Free Formed Haematite Mineral Boulder
4 1/2 in. (1.19 kg, 11.5 cm).
Cut section of botryoidal haematite. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2130
Natural History - Natural Free Formed Haematite Mineral Boulder
Sold for (Inc. bp): £10
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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. -
Natural History - Fossil Double Agadir Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising two overlapping Mellitella sp. ammonites on a freestanding matrix. 2.61 kg, 20.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Bivalve Group
Jurassic Period, circa 160 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising two complete polished fossil bivalves. 390 grams total, 72-78 mm
From Morondava River Basin, Atsimo-Andrefana Region, Southwest Madagascar. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
