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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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Massive Amethyst Crystal Point Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising three very large dark prismatic points. 3.12 kg total, 11.4-16 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Kalahari Desert Wind Stone Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Wind-rounded pebbles in a hollowed out 'nest'; each in a hessian draw-ribbon gift pouch. 675 grams total, 68-86 mm
From the Kalahari Desert, Southern Africa. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Adult Woolly Mammoth Tusk Section
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
A large, curving section of Mammuthus primigenius tusk, showing the internal layering; stabilised. 5.46 kg, 79 cm
From the North Sea. Acquired from Milton Keynes Geological Society in 1999. 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.