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LOT 2145
Natural History - Polished Fossil Ammonite Plate
JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 199-145 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 5/8 in. (782 grams, 24.5 cm).
A composite plate containing a large number of variously sized fossil ammonites, polished upper face. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2145
Natural History - Polished Fossil Ammonite Plate
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
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Natural History - Boxed Pyrite 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Paper Weight
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising a large mass of large and small crystals; supplied in a labelled specimen tray. 475 grams, 83 mm
From Huanaco, Peru. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Deltadromeus Theropod Dinosaur Leg Bone Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 90 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Two front leg bone sections from the Dinosaur Deltadromeus agilis; one repaired. 389 grams total, 75-86 mm
From the Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German paleontological collection.
Deltadromeus meaning 'delta runner' has extraordinarily delicate and long limbs making it one of the fastest dinosaurs to have existed. This meat-eating dinosaur is an early off-shoot of the theropod line on northern continents that gave rise to Tyrannosaurus and the raptor Deinonychus. -
Natural History - Boxed Mixed Crystal Display Specimen Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising purple amethyst from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; pyrite from Huanuco, Peru; specularite with quartz from Florence mine, Cumbria; each in a labelled specimen box. 421 grams total, 64-75 mm
From Peru, Brazil and Cumbria, UK. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).