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LOT 1959
Natural History - Polished Agate Mineral Specimen
4 3/4 in. (429 grams, 12 cm).
A cut and polished natural coloured agate geode section. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Salto do Jucui, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Private collection, Munster, Germany.
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Natural History - Malachite Crystal Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A group of three crystalline malachite specimens; each held in a white card collector's tray. 200 grams total, 58-68 mm
From D.R.Congo. Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Large Meteoritic Tektite Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
A group of ten large tektite meteoric glass, melted terrestrial rock splashed from an impact crater, most roughly ovoid in shape. 850 grams total, 41-52 mm
Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Tektites are lumps of black or dark grey natural glass produced from melted crustal rocks that are caused by large hypervelocity meteorite impacts on sediments. -
Natural History - Lambeosaurus Hadrosaurid Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 84-70 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A fossil Lambeosaur sp. tooth; held in a collector's box with viewing panel. 45 grams total, 83 x 63 cm including box
From the Hell Creek Formation, South Dakota, U.S.A. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.
