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LOT 2752
Quartz Crystal Mineral Display Specimen
3 in. (140 grams, 74 mm).
An attractive cluster of clear and translucent quartz crystals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North West London, UK, lady.
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Crystal and Mineral Display Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: fluorite, pyrite, sodalite, double-terminated quartz crystal, quartz, kyanite, almandine garnet, and others. 707 grams total, 3.3-10.2 cm
Property of a North West London, UK, lady. -
Fossil Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Teeth in Matrix
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising two Mosasaur prognathodon teeth set in matrix with some other fossil remains. 306 grams, 94 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
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. -
Lapis Lazuli and Carnelian Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Composed of large cylindrical beads with spiral-decoration, interspersed with cornerless cube-shaped beads with ring-and-dot motifs; restrung. 53 grams, 51 cm
From the London, UK, art market in the 1990s.
