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LOT 1739
Natural History - Selenite 'Desert Rose' Cluster
5 1/2 in. (586 grams, 14 cm).
A cluster of large selenite 'desert rose' specimens. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Plesiosaur Vertebrae
Jurassic-Cretaceous Period, 199-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A pair of Plesiosaur sp. fossil marine dinosaur vertebrae in a matrix; contained within a plaster field jacket. 4.8 kg, 36 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Plesiosaurs were among the first fossil animals to reach the general public's consciousness through the publication of two imaginatively illustrated books by Thomas Hawkins, a noted collector of fossils: Memoirs of Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri (1834) and The Book of the Great Sea-Dragons (1840). Using the historical models of his times, Hawkins regarded plesiosaurs as monstrous creations of Satan. -
Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bead Necklace
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A string of bone beads from the woolly mammoth Mammuthus primigenius. 126 grams, 71 cm long
Acquired 1980s. London, UK, collection. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Natural History - Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode End Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A group of three cut agate geode sections with polished faces; colour-enhanced. 1.3 kg total, 88-93 mm
Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
