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Mirabilia Naturalia
tue 22 February 2022
Milan
SINGLE SESSION 22/02/2022 Hours 15:00
A collection of extraordinary natural elements from private collections
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Coco de mer is a plant of the Arecaceae family and is the only species in the Lodoicea maldivica genus.
W. 29 - D. 25 - H. 15 Cm
W. 29 - D. 25 - H. 15 Cm
55
Urania Ripheus butterflies and Malaysian beetles in metallic colours. The composition has a domed glass and a mango wood beaded frame.
114
Fossilised bark from a Glyptostrobus Europeus of the Oligocene period.
kg 94
kg 94
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Tabajaran mine, agate with a hole in the centre, on a Corten base
W. 20 - D. 25 - H. 55 Cm
W. 20 - D. 25 - H. 55 Cm
144
Tabajaran mine on a Corten base. Agate, a variety of calchedony, has a typical zoned structure that is visible to the naked eye thanks to the differences in colour.
W. 32 - D. 11 - H. 61 Cm
W. 32 - D. 11 - H. 61 Cm
140
A slice of Brasilian agate with iridescent blueish colours covered in red haematite with a double crystal heart
W. 27 - D. 7,5 - H. 20 Cm
W. 27 - D. 7,5 - H. 20 Cm
89
Plesiospitidiscus ligatus (centre) and Olcostephanus sayni Hauterivian (around 120 Ma)
W. 12 - D. 24 - H. 36 Cm
W. 12 - D. 24 - H. 36 Cm
70
A monarch butterfly in obsidian from Sardinia, yellow jade, dolomite, on black granite
W. 16 - D. 1 - H. 16 Cm
W. 16 - D. 1 - H. 16 Cm
101
Puziosa sp. Late Cretaceous, extinct cephalopod mollusks of the ammonite genus.
W. 46 - D. 40 - H. 8 Cm
W. 46 - D. 40 - H. 8 Cm
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Afamily of primarily marine and estuarine fish of the order Tetraodontiformes. Taxidermy with glass eyes on a demountable base with and adjustable bronze junction.
W. 66 - D. 38 - H. 50 Cm
W. 66 - D. 38 - H. 50 Cm
80
Bubalus paleokarabau, a herbivore mammal from the bovine sub-family. Late Pleistocene.
W. 172 - H. 110 Cm
W. 172 - H. 110 Cm
162
Good conditions, with a peculiar shape and the typical colours of this mineral
H. 21 Cm
H. 21 Cm
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A Parnassius butterfly in Lasa marble on black granite.
W. 15,5 - D. 0,5 - H. 15,5 Cm
W. 15,5 - D. 0,5 - H. 15,5 Cm
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Two sea urchins and a melo shell on turned and lacquered wood bases. H 12 cm, 27 cm and 29 cm
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A Turbo shell and a magnifying glass with a light, on a turned and lacquered wood base. H 6 cm and H 19 cm for the lens
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Two spheres covered in fragments of Tubipora Musica on green turned and lacquered bases and a bivalve shell on a turned and lacquered base. H 13 cm and 26 cm
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Characterised by large crystals varying in colour from almost-clear white (at the roots) to purple at the tips of the crystals.
W. 30 - D. 34 - H. 16 Cm
W. 30 - D. 34 - H. 16 Cm
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Sphaerotheriida is a species of millipedes that rolls up into a perfect ball in order to protect itself. This display shows the seven phases in which its movement unfolds.
W. 21,5 - D. 14 - H. 16 Cm
W. 21,5 - D. 14 - H. 16 Cm
96
Halisaurus sp. Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian (around 70 MA) A specimen of Mosasaur, a marine predator from the golden age of dinosaurs
W. 264 - D. 112 - H. 30 Cm
W. 264 - D. 112 - H. 30 Cm
66
A glass case with eight butterflies known as "big-eyed butterfly" due to the shapes on its wings.
W. 24 - D. 24 - H. 41,5 Cm
W. 24 - D. 24 - H. 41,5 Cm
81
Coleodonta antiquitatis. A fossile skull with resin horns (the corneous material does not fossilise in these deposits).
W. 70 - D. 31 - H. 123 Cm
W. 70 - D. 31 - H. 123 Cm
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Scyphocrinites sp. An extinct echinoderm belonging to the crinoids. Mounted in three dimensions on a metal stand. Early Devonian (416-397 MA)
H. 1811 Cm
H. 1811 Cm
108
Fossil of a predator from the late Cretaceous (Santonian-Campanian)
W. 199 - D. 70 - H. 5 Cm
W. 199 - D. 70 - H. 5 Cm
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An extinct aspidorhynchus, a fast predator from the Titonian, Jurassic.
W. 75 - D. 38 - H. 7 Cm
W. 75 - D. 38 - H. 7 Cm
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A Shiva Lingam made from a combination of agate, basalt and quartz jasper on a plastic vase.
H. 39 cm
H. 39 cm
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Marine fish from the Bramidae family. Taxidermy with glass eyes on a turned and ebonised wooden base with an adjustable bronze junction.
W. 66 - H. 30 Cm
W. 66 - H. 30 Cm
123
A brass mechanism created to launch a siderite, which is a meteorite containing iron.
gr 10 W. 12 - D. 8 - H. 37 Cm
gr 10 W. 12 - D. 8 - H. 37 Cm
107
Perisphinctes (Kranosphinctes) sp. Late Jurassic, Oxfordian (161-156 ma)
W. 34 - D. 34 - H. 18 Cm
W. 34 - D. 34 - H. 18 Cm
82
A scapula from a Mammuthus Primigenius (Pleistocene).
W. 68 - D. 30 - H. 83 Cm
W. 68 - D. 30 - H. 83 Cm
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W. 22 - D. 8 - H. 46,5 Cm
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This "speckled stone" is a sedimentary monomineralic rock, meaning that it is formed of only one mineral, that is made up of quartz and often includes impurities.
H. 16 Cm
H. 16 Cm
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Pogona vitticeps, a bearded dragon from the Agamide family that inhabits the arid regions of Australia, on a wood branch.
W. 66 - D. 43 - H. 41 Cm
W. 66 - D. 43 - H. 41 Cm
154
Originating from a single cristallisation, extraordinary in size.
W. 25 - D. 25 - H. 39,5 Cm
W. 25 - D. 25 - H. 39,5 Cm
150
Three cubical pyrite crystals from the famous mines in Spain. Pyrite is a mineral made up of iron disulfide, with a yellow-gold colour and a metallic shine.
W. 12,5 - D. 8,5 - H. 16 Cm
W. 12,5 - D. 8,5 - H. 16 Cm
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Rhodonite mineral on a metal base. The massive mineral is flesh-pink in colour with black speckles due to the presence of manganese hydrated oxides.
H. 31 Cm
H. 31 Cm
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A large blue emperor butterfly within a glass bubble.
W. 20 - D. 20 - H. 34 Cm
W. 20 - D. 20 - H. 34 Cm
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Bovine horns from the late Pleistocene, found on the deposits of the river Dnieper.
W. 64 - D. 30 - H. 24 Cm
W. 64 - D. 30 - H. 24 Cm
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Made from the elytra of iridescent jewel beetles known as Sternocera aequisignata, from the Buprestid family.
W. 16 - D. 16 - H. 47,3 Cm
W. 16 - D. 16 - H. 47,3 Cm
149
Amethyst is a stone in the macrocrystalline quartz group. The largest extractions are made in Brasil.
W. 22 - D. 21 - H. 24 Cm
W. 22 - D. 21 - H. 24 Cm
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Brill or "Scophthalmus Rhombus" is a fish that can be found from Morocco to Iceland. The structure is in solid mango wood with carved beads.
W. 52,5 - D. 52,5 - H. 9 Cm
W. 52,5 - D. 52,5 - H. 9 Cm
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Ferrous meteorite, made up for the most part of an iron and nickel alloy.
kg 18,3 W. 25 - H. 24 Cm
kg 18,3 W. 25 - H. 24 Cm
