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LOT 2549
Pyrite Crystal 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Specimen Group [100]
1/2 - 1 1/8 in. (950 grams total, 14-30 mm).
Comprising one hundred small intergrown crystal formations. [100, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Peru.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2549
Pyrite Crystal 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Tooth Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising two teeth with some good enamel, one repaired. 54 grams total, 46 mm each
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. -
Polished Fossil Goniatite Plate
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
A large Goniatite specimen set on a textured matrix. 487 grams, 15.3 cm
From Morocco, West Africa. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Sawfish Rostral Spine Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 100-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
From Onchopristus numidus sawfish. 27 grams total including box, 50-55 mm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.