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LOT 2744
Amethyst Bead Necklace Group
22 1/2 - 28 3/4 in. (385 grams total, 57-73 cm).
Comprising five necklaces, each with graduated mainly tubular amethyst beads with floral gold-coloured spacers, three with a tabular centrepiece; restrung. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a West London gentleman; his collection formed in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Property of a Californian, USA, collector.
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Rhodonite Mineral Specimen Collection [9]
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3
Comprising nine large cut sections displaying pink rhodonite with black manganese. 1.24 kg total, 51-71 mm
From Tanzania. 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. -
Large Cut and Polished Fossilised Tree Trunk Section
Triassic Period, circa 235 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lacquered and displaying beautiful red and brown banding. 2.55 kg, 19.7 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.