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LOT 2583
388 Carat Cut Sapphire
1 5/8 in. (77.8 grams, 42.7 mm).
A very large blue sapphire with numerous inclusions, mine cut. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a North West England collection.
Property of a Californian, USA, collector.
Accompanied by an evaluation certificate from the Gemological Laboratory of India (GLI).
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Large Pink Dolomite Crystal Display Slab
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
An irregular slab of light pink crystals with dusting of marcasite. 1.05 kg, 13.6 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Equus Ice Age Horse and Woolly Rhino Vertebra Group
Pleistocene Period, 40,000-20,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising: Equus ferus CV5 vertebra, inked collection number '73'; Cervus elaphans V2 vertebra, inked collection number '74'; Coelodonta antigua woolly rhino vertebra, inked collection number '75'. 495 grams total, 9.3-12.4 cm
From Barton, Northamptonshire, UK. Acquired from Milton Keynes Geological Society in 1999. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.VM73,74 & 75; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Fossil Ginko Leaf in Matrix
Carboniferous Period, circa 359-299 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A light-coloured specimen on a roughly rectangular matrix. 115 grams, 90 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
