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LOT 2320
Natural History - Pink Quartz Crystal Nodule
2 1/8 in. (127 grams total, 53 mm each).
The nodule split in half to expose the crystal filled cavity with enhanced pink crystals. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2320
Natural History - Pink Quartz Crystal Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Natural History - Large British Woolly Rhinoceros Fossil Leg Bone Group
Pleistocene Period, 2.58 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising three leg bones (radius, tibia) from Coelodonta antiquitatis. 5.65 kg total, 37-40 cm
Found Oxfordshire, UK, clay pits. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
The woolly rhinoceros inhabited northern Eurasia and mostly fed on grasses and sedges that grew in the mammoth steppe. An adult typically stood at 1.45-1.6 metres high with a large front horn that would have measured 1-1.35 metres long. -
Natural History - Fossil Cave Lion Upper Jaw
Middle-Late Pleistocene Period, circa 40,000-25,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
From the left side of Panthera spelaea lower jaw, displaying a large canine and three other teeth. 311 grams, 19.5 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman formed since 2003.
Panthera spelaea is also known as the steppe lion or cave lion, became extinct about 13,000 years ago. Based on contemporary cave drawings, this prominent member of the mammoth steppe fauna, probably only had a very small mane. -
Natural History - Plesiosaurus 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Vertebra
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising the main body of the vertebra. 238 grams, 85 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.