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LOT 2189
Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
DEVENSIAN PERIOD, 110,000-12,000 YEARS B.P.
23 5/8 in. (165 grams, 60 cm long).
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.
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LOT 2189
Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Natural History - Mocha Stone (Dendritic Limestone) Tile Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Superb examples exhibiting finely formed dendrites of manganese oxide. 218 grams total, 65-92 mm
From India. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Metcanthina Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, circa 419-358 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A Metacanthina barrandei trilobite showing shell structure, eyes and side antenna; on a matrix. 169 grams, 78 mm
From Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Hadrosaur Dinosaur Egg Nest
Late Cretaceous Period, circa 100-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
A large section of Charonosaurus sp. hadrosaur egg nest on matrix, including three eggs each retaining some of the original shell surface. 17.3 kg, 43 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
Dinosaur eggs are known from about 200 sites around the world, the majority in Asia and mostly in terrestrial (non-marine) rocks of the Cretaceous Period. It may be that thick calcite eggshells evolved during the Cretaceous (145 to 65 million years ago). Most dinosaur eggs have one of two forms of eggshell that are distinct from the shells of related modern animal groups, such as turtles or birds; however, some eggs closely resemble the type of shells seen in present day ostrich eggs.
