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LOT 2170
Natural History - Polished Mineral Specimen Pebble Group [100]
3/4 - 1 1/4 in. (785 grams total, 19-33 mm).
Comprising variously shaped polished pebbles of agate, tiger's eye, leopard skin agate, tiger iron, rose quartz and others. [100, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2170
Natural History - Polished Mineral Specimen Pebble Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Boxed Amethyst Crystal Pendant Group [11]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
The crystals with a silver-coloured setting and pendant loop; housed in a perspex box. 172 grams total, 58 x 40 mm each including case
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - African 'T-rex' Fossil Tooth and Root
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-93 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
From Carcharodontosaurus saharicus (African T-rex) with root. 29.2 grams, 80 mm
From the Tegana formation of the Sahara Desert, Morocco. Acquired during 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Carcharodontosaurus saharicus was one of the largest predators (larger than its distant North American T-Rex cousin) of all time and is also related to Allosaurus and the South American Giganotosaurus. -
Natural History - Large Fossil Orthoceras 'Rocket' Display
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
The extinct nautiloid cephalopod polished to reveal the internal gas chambers and set on a textured freestanding matrix. 15.8 kg, 1.01 m
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.