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LOT 2380
Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Half Collection [3]
3 1/8 - 3 3/4 in. (995 grams total, 81-94 mm).
Comprising three rounded geode halves with the internal cavity filled with a blanket of light purple and grey crystals, one with a single 'unicorn horn'-shaped quartz crystal, one with a pyramidal formation of brown calcite, and one with two large clear quartz crystals. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2380
Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Half Collection [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Rissani Carbonaceous Chondrite Meteorite Polished End Cut
Found 2003 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Cut and polished end section of NWA 2083, inked collector's note to one side. specimen weight 19.44 grams, 31mm
From Rissani, Morocco/Algeria, North West Africa. Ex Michael Farmer Meteorites, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Ex USA collection. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by an original dealer label and Swiss membrane box with aluminium identification label. -
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Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut & Polished Green Porphyry Sheet Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Large cut and polished sections, mined in Greece, cut and polished on both sides, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times. 375 grams total, 11.4-13.3 cm
From Greece. 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. -
Polished Fossil Goniatite Ammonite Lidded Trinket Box
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A square box carved from fossiliferous stone, the lid set with a larger Goniatite sp. specimen. 548 grams, 91 x 91 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
