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LOT 2252
Natural History - Polished Amethyst Crystal Book End Pair
3 3/8 in. (1.12 kg total, 86-87 mm).
Each cut into a square shape and with dark purple amethyst crystals. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2252
Natural History - Polished Amethyst Crystal Book End Pair
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Natural History - Cave Bear Lower Jaw
Pleistocene Age, circa 40,000-20,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
From the left side lower jaw of Ursus spelaeus displaying a canine and two other teeth. 314 grams, 25 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman.
The cave bear was a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia, and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum. -
Natural History - Fossil Elrathia Kingii Trilobite Group
Cambrian Period, circa 541-485 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Both specimens on irregular matrices. 99 grams total, 61-70 mm
From Utah, U.S.A. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Elrathia were small trilobites, usually about an inch in length. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite and Orthoceras Stand
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Both set on a textured freestanding matrix and polished to reveal the internal gas chambers. 810 grams, 16 cm high
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
