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LOT 2418
Natural History - Pyrite Chunk 'Fools Gold' Specimen Group [100]
3/4 - 1 3/8 in. (1.3 kg total, 20-35 mm).
Comprising a number of specimens with metallic lustre. [100, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2418
Natural History - Pyrite Chunk 'Fools Gold' Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - British Fossil Ammonite
Jurassic Period, circa 200 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Promicroceras planicosta with contrast in colour to the host rock, from the Lower Lias, Obtusum Zone. 150 grams, 91 mm
From Lyme Regis, UK. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
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Natural History - Medium Quartz Rock Crystal Specimen Group [12]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising various quartz crystal samples, mainly larger prismatic forms. 1.15 kg total, 51-85 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Mosasaur Teeth and Fish Bone Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising various fish bone fragments including teeth from Mosasaur prognathodon sp.; on a sandstone matrix. 496 grams total, 82-96 mm
From in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. 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.
