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LOT 0441
Agate and Amethyst 'Window' Display
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 120-140 MILLION YEARS B.P.
9 5/8 x 6 1/4 x 4 1/4, 14 in. (3.15 kg, 24.5 x 16 x 11 cm, 35.5 cm including stand).
Polished geode section with six rounded openings creating windows to the inside of the geode, the internal walls lined with vibrant purple amethyst crystals; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFrom Artigas, Uruguay.
Property of a London lady.
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LOT 0441
Agate and Amethyst 'Window' Display
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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Cathedral Geode Half with Amethyst and Calcite Crystals
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
The cathedral lined with large deep purple amethyst crystals, white dog tooth calcite crystals emerging from the left corner; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 17.35 kg, 35 cm
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady. -
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: adamite from Laurium, Attica, Greece; smithsonite from Silvertop Quarry, Hallbankgate, Cumbria; hemimorphite crystals from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico; dolomite from Arkansas, USA; pyromorphite from Mexico Mine, High Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria; aragonite from Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire; fluorite and galena from Diana Maria Mine, Forsterly, Weardale, Co Durham; arsenopyrite and scheelite from carrock Mine, Caldbeck Fell, Cumbria; orange calcite from Cloud Hill QUarry, Northington, Leicestershire; galena, ankerite, barite calcite and sulphur from West High Cross Vein, Brownley, Nenthead, Cumbria. 1.9 kg total, 1.9-13.1 cm
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman. -
Large Fossil Dactylioceras Ammonite Nodule
Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A large, rounded pebble containing a Dactylioceras tenuicostatum specimen. 1.36 kg total, 9.7-11.6 cm
From Whitby, UK. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
