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LOT 3246
Quartz Rock Crystal on Stand Display Specimen
7 1/2 in. (1.07 kg total, 19.2 cm high including stand).
Large translucent prismatic crystal, mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector.
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LOT 3246
Quartz Rock Crystal on Stand Display Specimen
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Fossil Ichthyosaur Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 246-237 million years B.P.Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £1,000
Ichthyosaur from the Mixosaurus genus, with several small teeth visible in the mouth, large eye sockets, many of the spinous processes present on the spine, and a large number of the flipper bones present on both the fore and hind paddles. 10 kg, 64.5 cm
From the Guanling Biota formation, China. Previously with Shishang Corporation, Taiwan. From a West London gentleman collector; acquired from a professional fossil company in Taiwan.
Originally, ichthyosaur fossils were misidentified as ‘Saurian ’-being either lizards or forms of crocodile. The term 'Ichthyosaur' was first used in 1817 by the German naturalist Karl Dietrich Eberhard Konig, and he did not publish the name until 1825. By the 1830s, the name Ichthyosaur was widely used. Mixosaurus is considered to be a transitional genus that was smaller in size than the later dolphin-like Ichthyosaurs. -
Javanese Fossil Wood Specimen
Pliocene Period, circa 2 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Freestanding display of fossilised wood, polished to enhance the attractive graining in contrasting colours. 7 kg, 29 cm
From Java, Indonesia. Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman collector. -
Phacops Fossil Trilobite in Matrix
Devonian Period, circa 444-439 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
The aquatic arthropod showing good detail in the carapace, resting on an irregular matrix. 167 grams, 65 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
