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LOT 2408
Natural History - Polished Green Tourmaline Group
1/4 - 5/8 in. (100 grams total, 6-15 mm).
Comprising a quantity of 500 carats of tumble-polished green tourmaline crystals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Natural History - Fossil Ammonites in Matrix
Jurassic Period, 199.3-190.8 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Set with several specimens of Galaticeras jacksoni, Promicroceras planicosta and juvenile Epophioceras. 245 grams, 86 mm
From Black Ven, Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK, 1988. Ex UK collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Mesacristata Trilobite
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
On a matrix, Hollardops mesacristata. 307 grams, 84 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Keichousaurus Marine Reptile Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 250 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
Complete Keichousaurus hui skeleton on a rectangular matrix. 3.95 kg, 34 cm
From Xingyi, Guizhou, China. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, and a member of the Pleurosaur family, and went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters, and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs.
