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LOT 2458
Bismuth Specimen Pair
1 - 1 1/4 in. (49 grams total, 28-33 mm).
Comprising two hopper crystals exhibiting stairstep crystal structure and iridescent colours. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Epoch, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Restrung, using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius spherical bone beads. 158 grams, 58 cm
London, UK, collection, 1990s.
The mammoth lineage branched from the Asian elephant around 6 million years ago, and later on the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, evolved in eastern Siberia. Woolly mammoths, being slightly smaller than living African elephants, were foragers and ate grass, as well as small, nutritious flowering plants that flourished in the environment where they lived. They may also have used their curved tusks to dig through snow and eat plants that other foragers were unable to reach. -
Polished Baltic Amber with Insect
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Polished, transparent specimen with an insect inclusion. 1.11 grams, 22 mm
From Primorskoje Mine, Kaliningrad, Russia. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Large Deep Purple Amethyst Cathedral Display
Cretaceous Period, circa 120-140 million years B.P.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
A complete half of a pyramidal geode, showing deep purple amethyst crystals with tan-coloured druzy quartz; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 40.65 kg, 84 x 38 x 17 cm, 112 cm including stand
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady.
