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LOT 2516
Cut and Polished Felt Backed Agate Coaster Set [6]
3 3/8 - 4 3/8 in. (587 grams total, 8.6-11 cm).
Comprising six graduated polished slices displaying brown and grey banding. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Natural Uncut Apatite Crystal Croup [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising one hundred prismatic, green to yellow apatite crystals. 97 grams total, 5-25 mm
From Durango, Mexico. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Huge Section of Fossilised 'Rainbow' Wood
235 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Petrified tree section of 40-46mm thickness with finely polished finish to upper and lower faces and set into resin; edges slightly chamfered. 26.2 kg, 68 cm
From the private collection of Mr J.G., UK, a company executive.
The petrified wood from Araucarioxylon arizonicum is often referred to as "rainbow wood" due to the variety of subtle, warm colours it exhibits, mainly in the red-orange range from hematite and limonite inclusions within the silica. -
Fossil Phacops Trilobite
Devonian Period, 444-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
The aquatic arthropod showing good detail to the carapace, resting on an irregular matrix. 120 grams, 72 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.