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LOT 0445
Amethyst Crystal Geode Display
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 120-140 MILLION YEARS B.P.
10 1/4 x 8 5/8 x 4, 12 1/2 in. (10.65 kg, 26 x 22 x 10 cm, 32 cm including stand).
Polished section of a geode lined with large, deep purple amethyst crystals in flower-like formations; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFrom Artigas, Uruguay.
Property of a London lady.
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LOT 0445
Amethyst Crystal Geode Display
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Polished Fossil Goniatite Group
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A pair of polished goniatites showing some internal structure. 138 grams total, 62-65 mm
Found Morocco, North Africa. Property of an Essex gallery. -
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: mimetite from Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fell, Cumbria; stibnite from Wheal Leigh, Pillaton, Cornwall; scorodite from Hemerdon Ball mine, Plympton, Devon; goethite from Restormel Royal Iron Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall; rutile from Brazil; galena from Mendip Hills, Somerset; pyromorphite from Burgam Mine, Stiperstones, Shropshire; fluorite and calcite from Harding County, Illinois, USA; crystalline malachite from Lubumbashi, the Democratic Republic of Congo. 843 grams total, 1.9-10.5 cm
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman. -
Large Fossil Agadir Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
With a cut base, possibly Calycoceras. 8.95 kg, 24.5 cm high
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.