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LOT 2323
Cut and Polished Purple Amethyst Crystal Obelisk Trio
2 3/4 - 3 in. (165 grams total, 70-75 mm).
Each with facetted edges, showing interesting internal inclusions. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Amethyst Crystal Mineral Specimen Group [6]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising large geode sections lined with lavender and dark purple coloured amethyst crystals. 1.78 kg total, 7.8-13.5 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Claudiosaurus Skeleton
Late Permian-Early Triassic Period, circa 252-250 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
Showing the acephalic skeleton of the extinct genus of diapsid reptile, on a rounded matrix. 4.34 kg, 28.5 cm
From Madagascar. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Claudiosaurus is an extinct genus of diapsid reptiles from the Late Permian Sakamena Formation of the Morondava Basin, Madagascar. It is theorised that this was a semi-aquatic, lizard-like dinosaur. -
Polished Fossil Coral Head Heart
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Cut to a heart shape and polished to reveal the internal structure. 185 grams, 72 mm wide
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.