Loading, please wait...
LOT 3021
Amethyst Crystal Geode Display
13 3/4 in. (10 kg total, 35 cm including stand).
A rounded geode section, the undulating inner surface lined with small prismatic amethyst crystals; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFrom Artigas, Uruguay.
Property of a London lady.
TimeLine Auctions follows a vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists: Our Vetting Process
AUCTIONS:
TimeLine is a leading auction house specialising in antiquities, ancient art, collectables, natural history, coins, medals, and books. Our auctions offer museums, collectors, historians, and enthusiasts the opportunity to acquire unique and historically significant pieces.
LOT 3021
Amethyst Crystal Geode Display
Estimate £900 - 1,200€1,040 - 1,390 (for guidance only)$1,220 - 1,620 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£486 (EUR 564; USD 656) +BP*
-
Mineral and Crystal Specimen Collection
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: 'peacock' ore, rose quartz, hematite, azurite with malachite, a polished 'green opal dragon egg', desert rose, quartz pebble with a polished 'window', actinolite, galena in quartz, a glass vial of Himalayan quartz. 685 grams total, 16-68 mm
From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Mosasaur 'Marine Dinosaur' Fossil Tooth with Root
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large curving tooth of Mosasaur prognathodon with some root; repaired. 160 grams, 12.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
The Mosasaur is an extinct, large marine reptile dinosaur with an elongated body, long snout and paddle-like limbs. Found worldwide, they competed with other well-known sea predators of the Late Cretaceous, such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs, for food, existing primarily on a diet of ammonoids, cuttlefish and fish. -
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Set of Coasters
Upper Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a set of six round coasters and a holder, carved from fossiliferous stone. 692 grams total, 90 mm wide
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.