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LOT 2267
Cut and Polished Agate Slice Collection [6]
4 5/8 - 5 1/4 in. (735 grams total, 11.8-13.3 cm).
Comprising six polished slices displaying strong banding, two dyed, four with crystal-filled centres. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Polished Baltic Amber with Insect Inclusion
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Very Large Agate Crystal 'Leonardo Ninja Turtle' Geode Slice
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
A naturally formed marvel displaying dark banding to the outer edges and wide crystal banding to the central areas, two opaque areas of agate resembling an eye mask. 617 grams, 27.5 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Woolly Rhinoceros Fossil Vertebra
Pleistocene Period, circa 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With neural arch, from the woolly rhinoceros Coelodonta antiquitatis. 305 grams, 11.8 cm
Fine condition.
From Brown Bank, Dogger beds, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.