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LOT 2400
Box of Eighteen [18] Mineral and Crystal Specimen Collection
1/8 - 4 5/8 in. (1.45 kg total, 0.8-11.7 cm).
Boxed group of specimens including a hexagonal sapphire crystal, amethyst, lazurite, calcite, red jasper, quartz, malachite, prehnite(?), and others. [18, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2400
Box of Eighteen [18] Mineral and Crystal Specimen Collection
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Fossil Astrotheca and Neuropteris Ferns in Split Nodules
Carboniferous Period, circa 358-298 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising two opened nodules showing the positive and negative of the fern fossil. 366 grams total, 10-10.7 cm
From Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek, Braidwood, Illinois, USA. 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. -
Fossil Lobster on Matrix
Jurrassic Period, circa 161-143 million years B.P.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
With large claws, from the Solnhofen limestone. 268 grams, 12.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
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Woolly Rhinoceros Large Upper Jaw Tooth
Devensian Period, circa 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a partial root and the tooth with dark enamel. 210 grams, 10.8 cm
Perma frost of Siberia. From a Netherlands collector in the 2020s. From a private collection.
