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LOT 2277
Polished Mineral Specimen Egg Collection
2 3/8 - 3 in. (705 grams total, 62-78 mm).
Comprising: an egg-shaped specimen in agate, marble and blue speckled stone; accompanied by an egg-shaped lidded container. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceBurwell collection, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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Extinct Cave Bear Lower Jaw
Pleistocene Period, circa 250,000-24,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Displaying both sides of the Ursus spelaeus lower jaw with molars and lower canines present; some restoration. 826 grams, 27 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Teeth on Composite Rock
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising two Mosasaur prognathodon sp. teeth set on matrices. 735 grams total, 12.4-12.6 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a 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. -
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Cut and Polished Felt Backed Agate Coaster Set [6]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising six graduated polished slices displaying brown and grey banding. 587 grams total, 8.6-11 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
