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Comprising fifty irregular geode sections with small prismatic amethyst crystals. 2.84 kg total, 23-60 mm



From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.

Aipichthys velifer on a rectangular matrix with an identification sticker. 222 grams, 91 mm



From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Comprising thirty branch sections in different thicknesses, each showing good bark detail. 2.15 kg total, 42-79 mm



From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.

Composed of tubular and coin-shaped beads, restrung. 48 grams, 37 cm



Acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. Ex London, UK, collection.

Mixed group of fossils including ammonite, bivalve, tree section, 'devil's toenail', and others. 970 grams total, 5.2-10.7 cm



From a UK private collection since at least 1946. Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.

Comprising: quartz from Cloghmore Quarry, Costelloe, Galway, Ireland; smoky quartz and hematite from Auchinloch Quarry, Dalbeattie, Dumfries, Scotland; baryte from Mowbray Mone, Frizington, Cumbria; pumpellyite from Creag Brimishgan, Isle of Mull, Scotland; fluorite from Mildam Mine, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire; fluorite from Greenlaws Mine, Daddry Sheild, Weardale, Durham; epidote from Cloghmore Quarry, Costelloe, Galway, Ireland; baryte and dolomite from Frizington, Cumbria; azurite from Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Tipperar, Ireland; Blue John on a display stand from Treak Cliff, Castleton, Derbyshire. 3.35 kg total including box, 3.8-12.3 cm



From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.

Comprising ten polished transparent to translucent slices, some with crystal-lined centres, and one with dendritic inclusions. 844 grams total, 9-14 cm



From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.

Rectangular matrix containing three good-sized shrimps. 417 grams, 15.2 x 9.1 cm



From Lebanon. From the private collection of a Devon, UK, lady.

Comprising eight long crystal specimens showing vitreous lustre. 712 grams total, 12.9-18 cm



Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.

The ammonite showing the internal gas chambers, some with crystallisation. 218 grams total, 9.9-10.2 cm



From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.

Comprising various sizes of Otodus obliquus teeth. 27 grams total, 12-31 mm



From a Norfolk, UK, collection.

Comprising one hundred mint-green specimens exhibiting pearly lustre. 1.6 kg total, 24-50 mm



From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.