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LOT 2486
Cathedral Geode Half with Amethyst and Calcite Crystals
13 3/4 in. (17.35 kg, 35 cm).
The cathedral lined with large deep purple amethyst crystals, white dog tooth calcite crystals emerging from the left corner; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFrom Artigas, Uruguay.
Property of a London lady.
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LOT 2486
Cathedral Geode Half with Amethyst and Calcite Crystals
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: pale pink heulandite from Nasik, India; galena from Sweet Water Mine, Missouri, USA; azurite and malachite from shaft no. 3, TCL Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia; aragonite 'sputnik' from Spain; galena and sphalerite from Callow Hill Quarry, Fontesbury, Shropshire; sphalerite with pyrite from Huaron Mining District, Cerro de Pasco, Peru; cluster of apophyllite crystals from Poona, India; stilbite from Poona, India; wolframite from Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria; malachite displaying some silky lustre from the Democratic Republic of Congo. 893 grams total, 32-66 mm
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman. -
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Bookend Pair
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Formed of fossiliferous stone with Orthoceras sp. specimens. 1.96 kg total, 11.7 cm each
From Morocco. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Large Fossil Perisphinctes Ammonite
Jurassic Period, circa 174-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Perisphinctids indogermanus fossil ammonite showing clear ribbing. 867 grams, 14 cm
From Madagascar. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.