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LOT 2784
Amethyst Crystal Display with Calcite
14 3/8 in. (7.46 kg, 36.5 cm including stand).
A polished geode section with deep amethyst-lined cavity, intergrown white calcite crystals at the base; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFrom Artigas, Uruguay.
Property of a London lady.
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LOT 2784
Amethyst Crystal Display with Calcite
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
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Historic Spartan Basalt Cut and Polished Dark Green Porphyry Slab
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Cut and polished section, mined in Greece, cut and polished on one side, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times; mounted on a custom-made metal display stand. 9.82 kg total, 44 cm including stand
Acquired on the UK art market since the 1990s. From the private collection of a Somerset gentleman.
Also known as Lapis Lacedaemonius and Porfido Verde Antico, a type of green porphyry quarried in Greece. Spartan basalt is a form of andesite or volcanic rock known today only from a single source in the village of Krokees on the Peloponnese in Greece. In addition, ancient sources mention a quarry of Lapis Lacedaemonius in Taygetus. -
Agate Geode Display with Quartz Crystals
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £270
A rounded geode section with highly polished borders showing white and brown banding, internal cavity lined with botryoidal formation covered with druzy quartz; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 3.7 kg total, 28 cm including stand
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady. -
Fossil Barasaurus Besairiei Skeleton in Matrix
Triassic Period, circa 240 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Showing the almost complete skeleton; some restoration. 172 grams, 17 cm
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.