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![Boxed Quality Crystal Mineral Specimen Collection [3]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/228174-s.jpg "Boxed Quality Crystal Mineral Specimen Collection [3]")
Each in a labelled box, comprising: pyrite from Huanuco, Peru; amethyst from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; specularite with quartz from Florence Mine, Cumbria, England. 415 grams total, 54-71 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
![Cut and Polished Agate Slice Collection [6]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/227974-s.jpg "Cut and Polished Agate Slice Collection [6]")
Comprising six polished slices displaying attractive red, brown, and grey banding. 644 grams total, 10.9-12.5 cm
From Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
From Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
![Cut Slices of Green Malachite [6]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/228017-s.jpg "Cut Slices of Green Malachite [6]")
Comprising six sections with unpolished cut faces displaying typical banding. 1.36 kg total, 7.4-15.6 cm
From Congo, Central Africa.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
From Congo, Central Africa.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
![Cut and Polished Fossil Tree Trunk Section Pair [2]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/228166-s.jpg "Cut and Polished Fossil Tree Trunk Section Pair [2]")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Petrified tree sections showing clear internal structure in contrasting colours. 593 grams total, 14.5-15 cm
From Madagascar.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
From Madagascar.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Comprising variously sized polished Orthoceras sp. specimens on a textured freestanding matrix. 6.85 kg, 49.5 cm
From Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A display set with a polished Goniatite sp. and an Orthoceras sp. specimens on a textured freestanding matrix. 794 grams, 15.5 cm
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Perisphinctids indogermanus fossil ammonite showing clear ribbing. 136 grams, 84 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising two matrices with Carpopenaeus callirostris specimens. 272 grams total, 78-94 mm
From Lebanon.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
From Lebanon.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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A very large Entada gigas or sea bean pod, containing nine separate sea bean segments; rare. 419 grams, 79 cmFine condition. Rare.
From Madagascar.
Ex private Shropshire, UK collection.
Entada gigas, the ‘sea bean’ or ‘monkey ladder vine’ is a flowering liana in the Fabaceae pea family. The plant has the longest seed pods in the family, as well as the largest seeds, which can float for miles along sea currents, being washed up on beaches around the world. The seed pod segments snap off, dropping into the river below. The pod segment will quickly rot, revealing the seed or ‘sea bean’ inside. The seed contains a sealed pocket of air, which enables it to float. It can survive for up to two years at sea, and actually requires prolonged exposure to water in order to germinate. Some of these seeds will find their way into the major sea currents, such as the Gulf Stream, and end up washed up on coasts around the world.
From Madagascar.
Ex private Shropshire, UK collection.
Entada gigas, the ‘sea bean’ or ‘monkey ladder vine’ is a flowering liana in the Fabaceae pea family. The plant has the longest seed pods in the family, as well as the largest seeds, which can float for miles along sea currents, being washed up on beaches around the world. The seed pod segments snap off, dropping into the river below. The pod segment will quickly rot, revealing the seed or ‘sea bean’ inside. The seed contains a sealed pocket of air, which enables it to float. It can survive for up to two years at sea, and actually requires prolonged exposure to water in order to germinate. Some of these seeds will find their way into the major sea currents, such as the Gulf Stream, and end up washed up on coasts around the world.
A nickel-iron meteorite (IAB) with a suspension loop and cord. 6 grams total, stone: 26 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
A crater field of roughly 26 craters was found in the vicinity of this crater, which is estimated to date to 4-5 thousand years BP. The age of the meteorite itself is thought to be c.4.5 billion years, formed as part of the development of this solar system. The largest two fragments, the 30.8 ton Gancedo and 28.8 ton El Chaco, are among the heaviest meteorite masses ever recovered on Earth. In 1576, the governor of a province in Northern Argentina commissioned the military to search for a large mass of iron, which it was believed the local people claimed had fallen from the sky and which they used for their weapon production. The expedition discovered a large mass of metal which was assumed to be an iron mine and brought back a few samples, which were described as being of unusual purity. Following the legends, in 1774 Don Bartolomé Francisco de Maguna rediscovered the iron mass. He himself did not believe that the stone had fallen from the sky and assumed that it had formed by a volcanic eruption. However, he sent the samples to the Royal Society of London. In 1990 it became protected by law.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
A crater field of roughly 26 craters was found in the vicinity of this crater, which is estimated to date to 4-5 thousand years BP. The age of the meteorite itself is thought to be c.4.5 billion years, formed as part of the development of this solar system. The largest two fragments, the 30.8 ton Gancedo and 28.8 ton El Chaco, are among the heaviest meteorite masses ever recovered on Earth. In 1576, the governor of a province in Northern Argentina commissioned the military to search for a large mass of iron, which it was believed the local people claimed had fallen from the sky and which they used for their weapon production. The expedition discovered a large mass of metal which was assumed to be an iron mine and brought back a few samples, which were described as being of unusual purity. Following the legends, in 1774 Don Bartolomé Francisco de Maguna rediscovered the iron mass. He himself did not believe that the stone had fallen from the sky and assumed that it had formed by a volcanic eruption. However, he sent the samples to the Royal Society of London. In 1990 it became protected by law.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising: a reconstructed assemblage matrix with Liparoceras ammonites, bivalves, and a belemnite; an ammonite partial; a gryphaea fossil; and a matrix with mica and aventurine. 4.16 kg total, 5.9-25 cm
Acquired from older English collections via the UK art market since the mid 1970s.
From the private collection of Peran Dachinger, thence by descent.
From the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, UK.
Acquired from older English collections via the UK art market since the mid 1970s.
From the private collection of Peran Dachinger, thence by descent.
From the family collection of a Maida Vale lady, UK.
![Selenite Satin Spar Wand Group [50]](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/228184-s.jpg "Selenite Satin Spar Wand Group [50]")
Comprising fifty cut sections showing satin-like lustre. 927 grams total, 50-71 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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