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LOT 2592
Crystal and Mineral Specimen Collection [7]
1 3/8 - 3 7/8 in. (1.08 kg total, 36-99 mm).
Comprising: a cleaved octahedron fluorite crystal from Illinois, USA; citrine geode slice; quartz with pyrite(?); octahedral pyrite with serpentine; hexagonal yellow calcite in matrix; fire opal set in egg-shaped matrix; an unidentified mineral specimen with flower-like clusters of reddish brown crystals. [7, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Calcite Stalagmite Fragment
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A large section of white stalagmite displaying natural rippling. 6.15 kg, 38 cm
Ex West Country, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Polished Rutilated Quartz Sphere Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Comprising three clear quartz marbles, each with needle-like inclusions of rutile. 43 grams total, 21-22 mm
Ex property of a UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Natural Unpolished Fossil Tree Branch Section Group [100]
Triassic Period, circa 235 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising one hundred cut sections of fossilised wood. 1.31 kg total, 19-31 mm
From Madagascar. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.