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Stalagmite Calcite Fragment
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A section of white stalagmite showing natural ripples to one face. 2.28 kg, 39 cm
Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Fossil Brittle Star Plate
Ordovician Period, circa 485.4-443.8 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A rounded matrix containing a number of Ophiuroidea sp. specimens. 740 grams, 19 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Insects in Copal
Carboniferous Period, circa 3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
The terminal of a droplet containing five flying insects and other inclusions, repaired. 3.34 grams, 80 mm
Private collection, Essex. -
Large Cut and Polished Slab of Vintage Blue John
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
An irregular slab showing typical banding. 396 grams, 26.5 cm
From Castleton, England. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Large Polished Amber Specimen with Insects and Plant Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Large polished section with numerous inclusions and small internal areas of iridescence. 138 grams, 14.6 cm
From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s. -
Large Quartz Rock Crystal Point Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising a number of large, mainly clear prismatic points. 1.37 kg total, 7.2-11.2 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Crystal and Mineral Specimen Collection [10]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Including: sodalite, malachite, citrine, peacock ore, green fuchsite, and others. 1.55 kg total, 4.2-10 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Quartz Crystal Geode Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A small rounded quartz crystal lined pebble split into two halves. 58 grams total, 31-42 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 200 grams, 56 cm
Ex West country, UK, collection, 1990s onwards.
The mammoth lineage branched from the Asian elephant around 6 million years ago, and later on the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, evolved in eastern Siberia. Woolly mammoths, being slightly smaller than living African elephants, were foragers and ate grass, as well as small, nutritious flowering plants that flourished in the environment where they lived. They may also have used their curved tusks to dig through snow and eat plants that other foragers were unable to reach. -
Large Green Malachite Boulder Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
A large unpolished cut boulder showing some botryoidal formations. 3.21 kg, 15.7 cm
From Congo, Central Africa. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Elrathia Trilobite Group
Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising two Elrathia kingii specimens. 73 grams total, 67-82 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Amethyst Crystal Display on Stand
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Polished to a rounded shape and lined with deep-coloured prismatic crystals; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 817 grams total, 11 cm (15.3 cm including stand)
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.