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LOT 2687
Cut and Polished Agate Slice Collection [6]
4 1/4 - 4 3/4 in. (633 grams total, 11-12 cm).
Comprising four translucent slices displaying brown and grey banding, and two blue dyed slices with crystal linings. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Campo Del Cielo Meteorite Earrings
Fell 6000-5000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
A pair of earrings with hooks and a suspended nickel-iron meteorite (IAB). 9.05 grams total, 35-38 mm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
A crater field of roughly 26 craters was found in the vicinity of this crater, which is estimated to date to 4-5 thousand years BP. The age of the meteorite itself is thought to be c.4.5 billion years, formed as part of the development of this solar system. The largest two fragments, the 30.8 ton Gancedo and 28.8 ton El Chaco, are among the heaviest meteorite masses ever recovered on Earth. In 1576, the governor of a province in Northern Argentina commissioned the military to search for a large mass of iron, which it was believed the local people claimed had fallen from the sky and which they used for their weapon production. The expedition discovered a large mass of metal which was assumed to be an iron mine and brought back a few samples, which were described as being of unusual purity. Following the legends, in 1774 Don Bartolomé Francisco de Maguna rediscovered the iron mass. He himself did not believe that the stone had fallen from the sky and assumed that it had formed by a volcanic eruption. However, he sent the samples to the Royal Society of London. In 1990 it became protected by law. -
Composite Polished Fossil Ammonite Plate
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
A circular composite plate composed of overlapping Cleoniceras sp. ammonites. 669 grams, 23 cm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
'Virginia Pit' Smoky Quartz Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A cut matrix with dark crystals, collector's number '22' inked on the base. 605 grams, 11.5 cm
From Virginia Clay Pit, St. Stephen, Cornwall. Ex R. Hobbs, Cornwall, UK. De-acquisitioned from a private Cornwall, UK, collection.
