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LOT 2327
Boxed Pyrite 'Fools Gold' Mineral Specimen Group [9]
1 - 2 in. (480 grams total, 25-52 mm).
Each with intergrown crystals of various sizes displaying typical striations, from Huanuco, Peru. [9, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Huanuco, Peru.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Woolly Rhinoceros Fossil Vertebra
Pleistocene Period, circa 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With neural arch, from the woolly rhinoceros Coelodonta antiquitatis. 305 grams, 11.8 cm
Fine condition.
From Brown Bank, Dogger beds, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Boxed Pyrite 'Fools Gold' Mineral Specimen Group [9]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Each with intergrown crystals of various sizes displaying typical striations, from Huanuco, Peru. 480 grams total, 25-52 mm
From Huanuco, Peru. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Historic British Mineral Specimen Collection [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: mugearite from Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, Scotland; tonalite from Ardnamurchan, West Scotland; dunite serpentine from Lizard, Cornwall, England; with old Gregory, Bottley & Co. labels. 2.08 kg total, 10.7 cm each
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.