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LOT 1963
Natural History - Polished Agate Pebble Group [100]
1 - 1 3/8 in. (1.09 kg total, 24-35 mm).
Comprising different size and colours ranging from white to red and dark brown, some with attractive banding. [100, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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Natural History - Fossil Seed Fern Pair Group
Middle Pennsylvanian Period, circa 300 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising two pairs of Pecopteris sp. 623 grams total, 7.2-12.3 cm
From the Mazon Creek Fossil Beds, Braidwood, Illinois, USA. Collected 1930-1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Boxed Polished Malachite Section Group [15]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Each cut and polished to reveal the attractive veins of the stone; each supplied in a labelled cardboard specimen tray. 297 grams total, 35-47 mm
From Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Crocodile Skull and Vertebrae
Paleocene Epoch, 66-56 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Displaying the left side of the skull and jaws with teeth, with a number of vertebrae to the side, set on a sandstone matrix; possibly Argochampsa krebsi. 7.7 kg, 49 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.