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LOT 2911
Collection of Twenty [20] Assorted Mineral Specimens
1/2 - 5 3/4 in. (2.06 kg total including box, 1.4-14.4 cm).
A boxed collection comprising: a very dark and large smoky quartz specimen; three dark green tourmaline specimens, one bicoloured tourmaline specimen; a grossular garnet from Chihuahua, Mexico; dog tooth calcite; red jasper, banded fluorite, agate; carnelian, light grey smoky quartz, and others. [20, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Collection of Ten [10] Cut and Polished Agate Geode Halves
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Each with one or two cut faces exposing the internal structure, some showing crystal formations. 3.22 kg total, 76-85 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Polished Amber with Inclusion
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Transparent polished specimen with an unidentified inclusion. 0.98 grams, 22 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Large Fossil Agadir Ammonite with Cut Base
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With a cut base and showing characteristic ribbing, possibly Calycoceras. 2 kg, 12.1 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.