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LOT 2768
Complete Unopened 'Discovery' Agate Crystal Geodes
2 - 2 3/4 in. (518 grams total, 49-69 mm).
A trio of rounded geodes, each unopened. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Fossil Dactylioceras Ammonite
Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A rounded nodule containing an Eleganticeras sp. specimen. 1.21 kg, 15.5 cm
From Whitby, Yorkshire, UK. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
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Large Beryl Mineral Specimen Group [50]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising fifty irregular specimens of rough beryl. 2.53 kg total, 34-58 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut and Polished Green Porphyry Sheet Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Cut and polished sections, mined in Greece, cut and polished on both sides, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times. 221 grams total, 11.9-14.5 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
Also known as Lapis Lacedaemonius and Porfido Verde Antico, a type of green porphyry quarried in Greece. Spartan basalt is a form of andesite or volcanic rock known today only from a single source in the village of Krokees on the Peloponnese in Greece. In addition, ancient sources mention a quarry of Lapis Lacedaemonius in Taygetus.
