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LOT 2583
Natural Pink Tourmaline Crystal Group
1/8 - 3/4 in. (160 grams total, 2-20 mm).
Comprising a large quantity of rough tourmaline crystals with mica and quartz, most showing typical striations and trigonal crystal formation. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a UK gallery, early 2000s.
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Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Half Collection [10]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising ten cut geode halves with exposed internal cavities mainly lined with amethyst or chalcedony. 720 grams total, 44-62 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Composite Fossil Teeth on Matrix
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A composite matrix set with five Mosasaur prognathodon teeth. 1.44 kg, 17 cm
From Morocco, West Africa. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with an elongated body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish. -
Elrathia Fossil Trilobites in Matrix
Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising two Elrathia kingii specimens. 373 grams total, 84-94 mm
From Utah, USA. Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.