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LOT 2772
Bladed Barytes Carboniferous Limestone Specimen
3 3/4 in. (991 grams, 94 mm).
An intergrown mass of pink blade-like crystals, collection number '15' to one edge. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Taffs Well, South Wales, UK.
Acquired from Milton Keynes Geological Society 16 January 1994.
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.
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LOT 2772
Bladed Barytes Carboniferous Limestone Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Quartz with Pyrite 'Fairystone' Mineral Display Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Displaying a large quantity of small clear prismatic quartz crystals and some striated pyrite crystals. 145 grams, 80 mm
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Insects in Polished Copal Amber
Carboniferous Period, over 3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
A polished section containing a large number of insects and other inclusions; repaired. 10.4 grams total, 14.7 cm
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