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LOT 2473
Cut and Polished Fossil Tree Trunk Section Pair [2]
TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 235 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 3/4 - 5 7/8 in. (593 grams total, 14.5-15 cm).
Petrified tree sections showing clear internal structure in contrasting colours. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Large Pyrite Crystal Display Collection [10]
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Large Coloured Composite Quartz Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Composed of dyed bright purple quartz crystals. 1.94 kg total, 14.1-14.3 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Quartz Crystal and Amethyst Crystal Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: a geode section with amethyst and quartz crystals; cluster of prismatic quartz crystals, some transparent. 743 grams total, 7.8-12.3 cm
From the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.