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Polished Copal with Insects
Carboniferous Period, circa 3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
A polished piece of copal containing multiple insects. 10.97 grams, 60 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Large Desert Rose Gypsum Mineral Specimen Group [20]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising twenty large radiating clusters of tabular crystals. 1.8 kg total, 48-80 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Green Malachite Cut Section Group [10]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising ten cut sections displaying contrasting green banding. 1.34 kg total, 5.6-9.4 mm
From Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Mount Vesuvius Volcano Brown 'Lava Bomb'
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A freeform mass of cooled molten rock. 162 grams, 75 mm
From Vesuvius, Campania, Italy. De-acquisitioned from a private Cornwall, UK, collection.) -
Dawn Redwood Fossil Plant Group
Oligocene Period, circa 34-23 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Three irregular matrices containing dawn redwood fossils, showing twig and needle leaves. 164 grams total, 47-68 mm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Group
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising three torpedo-shaped matrices with Orthoceras sp. specimens. 252 grams total, 12.2-14.9 cm
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Large Pale Purple Amethyst Crystal Geode Cave
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A geode section displaying light purple amethyst and grey to colourless quartz crystals. 2.6 kg, 19.5 cm
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson. -
Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite Group
Jurassic Period, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising three ammonite halves, possibly Dactylioceras commune. 651 grams total, 7.3-10 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Large Two-Toned Rose Quartz Mineral Specimen Group [17]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising seventeen large chunks of pink rose quartz with ferrous mineral deposits. 2.25 kg total, 55-90 mm
From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Pair Group [4]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising two cut geodes, one spherical and showing grey banding to the polished faces, the internal cavity lined with dark purple amethyst crystals; the other irregular with a deep layer of amethyst and clear quartz crystals. 1.11 kg total, 76-88 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Mosasaur Tooth with Fish Palate
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Sandstone matrix containing a small Mosasaur prognathodon tooth and a section of fish palate. 170 grams, 10.2 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Cut and Polished Felt Backed Agate Geode Coaster Set [6]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising six graduated slices displaying grey and dark brown banding. 525 grams total, 8.5-10.4 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.