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LOT 2329
A Collection of High Quality Crystal Specimens
1 3/8 - 2 7/8 in. (658 grams total, 36-73 mm).
Comprising: two quartz specimens from the famous Minas Gerais in Brazil; two pyrite specimens from Huanaco in Peru; dark purple amethyst from Antigas in Uruguay; and a crystalline malachite specimen. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil, Peru, Uraguay, and The Democratic Republic of Congo.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Polished Labradorite Sphere
Precambrian Period, Pan-African Orogeny, circa 600-500 million years B.P.Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £385
A large, polished sphere of labradorite showing characteristic, mainly blue labradorescence. 2.04 kg, 10.5 cm
From Madagascar. Property of a London lady. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Composed of tubular and coin-shaped beads, restrung. 48 grams, 37 cm
Acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. Ex London, UK, collection. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Restrung, using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius spherical bone beads. 148 grams, 62 cm
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
The mammoth lineage branched from the Asian elephant around 6 million years ago, and later on the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, evolved in eastern Siberia. Woolly mammoths, being slightly smaller than living African elephants, were foragers and ate grass, as well as small, nutritious flowering plants that flourished in the environment where they lived. They may also have used their curved tusks to dig through snow and eat plants that other foragers were unable to reach.
