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LOT 2559
Quality Crystal Mineral Specimen Collection [3]
2 3/4 - 4 3/4 in. (905 grams total, 7.1-12 cm).
Comprising: calcite, hemimorphite on limonite(?), and calcite in iron rich matrix. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2559
Quality Crystal Mineral Specimen Collection [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Half Collection [6]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising six cut geode halves with polished cut face, four with a large internal cavity filled with quartz ad calcite crystals; two with an interesting double cavity. 1.06 kg total, 5.3-11.6 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
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Yellow and Green Iceland Spar Mineral Specimen Group [13]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising thirteen parallelepiped specimens displaying birefringence, nine in specimen boxes. 249 grams total, 20-27 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Composite Fossil Jaw Fragment
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Comprising four Mosasaur Prognathodon teeth set in a jaw fragment with other bone fragments. 128 grams, 13.1 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.
