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LOT 2507
Natural History - Yellow Calcite Mineral Specimen Group [100]
5/8 - 2 5/8 in. (1.13 kg total, 14-68 mm).
Comprising a large quantity of bright yellow specimens. [100, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2507
Natural History - Yellow Calcite Mineral Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Natural History - Polished Green Tourmaline Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising approximately 500 carats of tumble-polished green tourmaline crystals. 100 grams total, 5-14 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Natural History - Fossil Keichousaurus Marine Reptile Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 250 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Comprising a complete Keichousaurus hui skeleton on a rectangular matrix. 2.58 kg, 20 x 29.5 cm
From Xingyi, Guizhou, China. Ex J. Shaul, collection, UK.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, a member of the Pleurosaur family, which went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters, and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs. -
Natural History - Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 152 grams, 56 cm
From an old English collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired on the UK art market.