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LOT 2395
Quartz Crystal Specimen
3 5/8 in. (148 grams, 91 mm).
Containing various sizes of prismatic crystals on a light-coloured matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex gallery.
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Polished Fossil Orthoceras and Goniatite Display
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A freestanding textured matrix set with Goniatite and Orthoceras. 766 grams, 15.7 cm
From Morocco. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Jaw Fragment with Teeth
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
A composite jaw fragment set with four teeth. 340 grams, 18.5 cm
From Morocco. 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. -
Large Fossil Fish on Matrix
Eocene Period, 58-36 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Irregular slab of sedimentary rock with partial fossilised skeleton of a fish showing detailed spine, tailfins, and other details. 4.45 kg, 39 cm
Private collection, UK.
