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Rounded specimens showing the internal structure of coral. 216 grams, 78 mm



From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

Comprising three limestone plaques, each with dendritic inclusions resembling ferns and branching vegetation. 245 grams total, 6.4 x 4.7 - 11.2 x 6.5 cm



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

Comprising three irregular specimens with small prismatic crystals. 1.57 kg total, 14-16 cm



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

Comprising one hundred irregular light green specimens exhibiting mainly pearly lustre. 2.59 kg total, 27-56 mm



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

A square box carved from fossiliferous stone, the lid set with a larger Goniatite sp. specimen. 548 grams, 91 x 91 mm



From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.

An almost complete vertebra with an old inked collector's number '43'; the arrowhead embedded later for display. 76 grams, 10 cm



From Oldman Formation, Princess Alberta, Canada. 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 two specimens of large intergrown pyramidal smoky quartz crystals. 2.38 kg total, 12.3-12.4 cm



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

Mixed group of specimens including malachite, 'desert rose', quartz, rose quartz, amethyst, pyrite, agate, and others. 2.96 kg total, 3.4-20.2 cm



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

An irregular matrix with Ophiuroidea sp. specimen. 1.63 kg, 23.2 cm



From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.

A group of three sawn rectangular shale specimens, each displaying manganese oxide dendrites resembling ferns and branching vegetation. 410 grams total, 10.9 x 7 - 9.7 x 7.6 cm



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

Boxed group of agate geode halves, most showing attractive banding and crystal-lined interiors, one an unopened geode with a polished face. 2.48 kg total, 2.8-10.8 cm



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

An irregular matrix with multiple Southern beech leaves. 400 grams, 13.8 cm



From the Redbank Plains formation, Ebbw Vale, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. 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.