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LOT 2204
Natural History - Polished Green Tourmaline Group
1/4 - 1/2 in. (100 grams total, 5-14 mm).
Comprising approximately 500 carats of tumble-polished green tourmaline crystals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Teeth and Fish Bone Group
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The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with a snake-like body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish.
