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LOT 2499
Natural History - Pyrites 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Specimen Group
1/2 - 1 3/8 in. (672 grams total, 15-36 mm).
Comprising around 80 pyrites or 'fool's gold' crystal specimens. [80, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Peru.
From the historic ‘Victorian Museum’ or later collection of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's); formerly Gregory, Bottley & Co.
(1932-1981) and previously J.R.Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898).
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance.
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LOT 2499
Natural History - Pyrites 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Natural History - Insect in Baltic Amber
Oligocene Age, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Polished to an oval shape, containing an insect. 2.4 grams, 26 mm
Collected 1930-1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising five Spinosaurs maroccanus teeth; three repaired. 13 grams total, 23-29 mm
From the Tegana Formation, Taouz, Morocco. From an old German paleontological collection.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber type scavenger and an active hunter taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, Turtles and large fish. -
Natural History - Fossil African 'T-rex' Dinosaur Tooth with Root
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-93 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
With visible serration, from Carcharodontosaurus saharicus. 20 grams, 83 mm
From the Tegana formation of the Sahara Desert, Morocco. Acquired during the 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.
