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LOT 2856
Crystal and Mineral Display Specimen Collection
3/4 - 2 3/8 in. (211 grams total, 20-62 mm).
Comprising: quartz, azurite, tourmaline, desert rose, pyrite, and others. [11, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North West London, UK, lady.
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LOT 2856
Crystal and Mineral Display Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Fossil Velifer Fish in Matrix
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Aipichthys velifer in a rectangular matrix with a small knightia alta specimen above. 277 grams, 11 cm
From Hajoula, Lebanon. 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. -
Fossil Illaenus Tauricornis Trilobite
Middle Ordovician, circa 480 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
On a matrix and showing parts of the distinctive bullhorn-shaped genal spines; rare. 68.9 grams, 58 mm
From Russia. 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. -
Aquamarine Crystal Mineral Display Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A light blue hexagonal aquamarine crystal on matrix. 488 grams, 99 mm
Property of a North West London, UK, lady.
