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LOT 2859
Coloured Quartz Crystal Nodule
2 5/8 - 2 3/4 in. (182 grams total, 66-70 mm).
An opened nodule lined with dyed pink quartz crystals. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Staurolite Mineral Specimen
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Comprising lustrous brown twinned crystals on sparkly muscovite schist. 147 grams, 80 mm
From Keyvy, Murmansk, Russia. Acquired from Don Edwards, Derbyshire, UK. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
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Natural Uncut Tourmaline Crystal Group [10]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising ten uncut sections. 38 grams total, 18-38 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Cut half Cleoniceras sp. ammonite, polished to reveal the distinctive structure of the chambers, some iridescence to the outer shell. 108 grams, 10.4 cm
From Madagascar. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
