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LOT 2664
Crystal and Mineral Display Specimen Collection
5/8 - 7 5/8 in. (1 kg total, 1.6-19.5 cm).
Comprising: imperial topaz, bi-coloured tourmaline crystal on display stand, aquamarine crystal, amethyst, large beryl crystal, galena with quartz, large smoky quartz crystal, and others. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North West London, UK, lady.
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Mammal Fossil Femur Fragment
5th-3rd millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A fossilised fragment of the femur (os femoris) of a large animal. 105 grams, 75mm
From an important French collection formed since the early 1960s. Property of a Cheshire, UK, gentleman. -
Fossil Fern in Opened Nodule
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
An opened oval nodule displaying the positive and negative of the fern fossil. 218 grams total, 9.8-10.2 cm
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.
