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LOT 2485
Australian Panned Alluvial Gold Nuggets
PANNED 1962 A.D.
1 1/2 in. (Container 12.78 grams total, 39 mm).
Including small specimens panned from the Eucumbene River, Kiadra, New South Wales, together with specimens from Queensland; housed in a cylindrical container. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound River Kiandra, New South Wales, Australia, 1962.
Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s.
The property of Mr and Mrs P.R. of East Sussex.
Thence by descent to family members.
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Australian Panned Alluvial Gold Nuggets
Panned 1962 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Including small specimens panned from the Eucumbene River, Kiadra, New South Wales, together with specimens from Queensland; housed in a cylindrical container. Container 12.78 grams total, 39 mm
Found River Kiandra, New South Wales, Australia, 1962. Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P.R. of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members. -
Natural History - Polished Green Tourmaline Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising a quantity of over approximately 500 carats of tumble-polished green tourmaline crystals. 99 grams total, 5-13 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Natural History - Chinese Nantan Meteorite
Fell 1516 A.D., found 1958 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
An amorphous fragment of nickel iron meteorite (1AB), cleaned. 4.16 grams, 28 mm
Found Nantan, Nandan County, Guangzi Region, China. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
The Nantan meteorite fell in 1516, as recorded in ancient Chinese texts; the fall exploded during descent which resulted in a shower of many individual iron meteorites over an area some 28km x 8km in Nantan County, Guangxi, China. Classified as an iron meteorite; 111CD Course Octohedrite, the composition is approximately 92% iron, 6% nickel and contains more than ten other minerals including kamacite, taenite, dominate, plessite, schreibersite, triolite, graphite and others. In 2000, pieces of the Nantan meteorite were incorporated into an art installation for The Bull Ring Shopping Centre in Birmingham, England. Today, a plaque commemorates the occasion.
