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LOT 3044
Polished Amethyst Crystal Display with Calcite
14 in. (12 kg, 35.5 cm).
A free-standing polished geode section lined with dark purple amethyst crystals, calcite with small black crystals to one side.
ProvenanceFrom Artigas, Uruguay.
Property of a London lady.
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LOT 3044
Polished Amethyst Crystal Display with Calcite
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£750 (EUR 870; USD 1,013) +BP*
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Fossil Barasaurus Skeleton in Matrix
Late Permian-Early Triassic Period, circa 255 million years B.P.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Showing the almost complete skeleton of Barasaurus besairiei; some restoration. 486 grams, 20.9 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Barasaurus is an extinct genus of the Owenettid procolophonoid parareptile. -
Polished Fossil Coral Head
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Triangular section of a fossilised coral head showing the side and top view of the polyps. 160 grams, 85 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Large Spinosaurus Dinosaur Fossil Tooth
Cretaceous Period, circa 125-113 million years B.P.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Conical tooth with root, supplied in a glazed display box; repaired. 32.8 grams, 92 mm
From a Gloucestershire, UK, fossil specialist. From a West London gentleman collector.
The Spinosaurus was both a beachcomber-type scavenger and an active hunter, taking small stranded Plesiosaurs, Pterosaurs, turtles and large fish; adults weighed up to 21 tonnes and grew up to 18 meters long.
