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LOT 2515
Boxed Mineral and Crystal Display Specimen Collection [4]
1 3/4 - 2 5/8 in. (578 grams total, 46-68 mm).
Comprising: amethyst 'porcupine' from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; pyrite from Huanuco, Peru; crystalline malachite from D.R. Congo; sphalerite on pyrite from Huanuco, Peru. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2515
Boxed Mineral and Crystal Display Specimen Collection [4]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Polished Fossil Goniatite Trinket Box
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A rectangular lidded box carved from fossiliferous stone, the lid set with a larger Goniatite specimen. 578 grams, 90 mm
From Morocco, West Africa. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
'Dikuluwe Mine' Malachite Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
A vibrant green mass of botryoidal malachite. 84 grams, 49 mm
From Dikuluwe Mine, Kolwezi, Lualaba, Democratic Republic of Congo. De-acquisitioned from a private Cornwall, UK, collection.) -
Natural Boulder Sapphire Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising three specimens, one with a cut face showing clearly part of the hexagonal crystal structure. 158 grams total, 30-64 mm
Ex property of a UK gallery, early 2000s.