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LOT 2342
Box of Over One Hundred [100+] Blue Sodalite Specimens
1/4 - 2 3/8 in. (2.01 kg total, 7-59 mm).
Boxed group of unpolished dark blue sodalite specimens with white calcite veins. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2342
Box of Over One Hundred [100+] Blue Sodalite Specimens
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Polished Fossil Ammonite Plate
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composite plate with cut ammonite slices set in resin. 124 grams, 12 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut Green Porphyry Strip Group
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £15
Cut and polished sections, mined in Greece, cut and polished on both sides, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times. 225 grams total, 4.4-15.1 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
Also known as Lapis Lacedaemonius and Porfido Verde Antico, a type of green porphyry quarried in Greece. Spartan basalt is a form of andesite or volcanic rock known today only from a single source in the village of Krokees on the Peloponnese in Greece. In addition, ancient sources mention a quarry of Lapis Lacedaemonius in Taygetus. -
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Group of Twelve [12] Minerals and Crystals
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mixed group of specimens including malachite, 'desert rose', quartz, rose quartz, amethyst, pyrite, agate, and others. 2.96 kg total, 3.4-20.2 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
