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LOT 2020
Natural History - Polished Quartz Crystal Ball
1 1/2 in. (83 grams, 37 mm).
Mainly translucent with some small rainbow reflections. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Vertebra, Ribs and Jaw
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Comprising various bone and rib fragments, a large vertebra and jaw fragments with teeth from Mosasaur prognathodon sp.; on a sandstone matrix with applied plaster reinforcement. 12.8 kg, 46 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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. -
Natural History - Large T-Rex Tooth with Root Replica
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
A museum-quality reproduction of a late Cretaceous Tyrannosaurus Rex tooth with root. 388 grams, 32 cm
From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Tsumeb Crystal Formation
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Yellow tabular siderite crystals on specular haematite. 134 grams, 79 mm
Collected in person in 1966. From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.
