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LOT 1711
Natural History - Rock Crystal Mineral Specimen
3 in. (150 grams, 76 mm).
A rock crystal mineral specimen with two points. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Corinto, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Private collection, Munster, Germany.
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Crystal Ball Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A group of four quartz crystal spheres, including three with old typed collection labels stating 'Brazil'. 178 grams total, 30-33 mm
From Brazil. Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
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Natural History - Polished Baltic Amber with Large Diptera Fly
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £121
A good sized polished block of Baltic amber with multiple inclusions including a large Diptera insect. 7.56 grams, 63 mm
Fine condition.
From the Baltic Sea coast, Primorskoje mine, Kaliningrad. English collection formed in the 1990s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman. Accompanied by an illustrated identification card with provenance. -
Natural History - British Polished Ichthyosaur Vertebrae Display
Jurassic Period, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
A polished fossil Ichthyosaur sp. vertebrae section in a jet matrix, partially pyritised; Upper Lias. 236 grams, 16.5 cm
From Sandsend, Whitby, North Yorkshire, UK. Property of a Leicestershire, UK, private collector.
Ichthyosaurs (Greek for "fish lizard" - ichthus meaning "fish" and sauros meaning "lizard") were giant marine reptiles that resembled dolphins, in a textbook example of parallel evolution. They thrived during much of the Mesozoic era; based on fossil evidence, they first appeared approximately 245 million years ago and disappeared about 90 million years ago, about 25 million years before the dinosaurs became extinct.
