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LOT 2829
Aquamarine Crystal Mineral Display Specimen
1 3/8 in. (26.8 grams, 35 mm).
A light blue twinned crystal with fine rutile needles at one end. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North West London, UK, lady.
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Large Desert Rose Cluster Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A group of ten 'desert rose' crystalline gypsum specimens with sand grain inclusions. 800 grams total, 28-70 mm
Fine condition.
Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Fossil Fern in Opened Nodule
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
An opened oval nodule displaying the positive and negative of the fern fossil. 218 grams total, 9.8-10.2 cm
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. -
Fly in Baltic Amber
Pliocene Epoch, 5.33-2.58 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A roughly triangular piece with a fly inclusion. 0.28 grams, 14 mm
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.
