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LOT 2420
Box of Thirty [30] Individually Boxed and Labelled Realgar Orpiment Specimens
3/4 - 1 5/8 in. (762 grams total, 18-40 mm).
Boxed group of red-orange realgar orpiment specimens set on foam bases inside labelled specimen trays. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Getchel, Nevada, USA.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
This is a toxic arsenic mineral.
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LOT 2420
Box of Thirty [30] Individually Boxed and Labelled Realgar Orpiment 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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Fossil Ammonite on Matrix
Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large nodule with a single Eleganticeras ammonite specimen. 1.59 kg, 11.5 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Group of One Hundred [100] Mahogany Obsidian Volcanic Glass Specimen
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising one hundred irregular specimens. 3.68 kg total, 32-52 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Polished Amber with Crane Fly
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 9 | Current Bid: £130
Rectangular translucent specimen with a crane fly or similar. 0.9 grams, 21 mm
From a Norfolk, UK, collection.