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LOT 2350
English Aragonite Crystal Mineral Specimen
3 5/8 in. (103 grams, 91 mm).
Clusters of white aragonite crystals on a matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Reedy Cliff, Port Quin, St Endellion, Cornwall, UK.
From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.
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Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: mimetite from Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fell, Cumbria; stibnite from Wheal Leigh, Pillaton, Cornwall; scorodite from Hemerdon Ball mine, Plympton, Devon; goethite from Restormel Royal Iron Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall; rutile from Brazil; galena from Mendip Hills, Somerset; pyromorphite from Burgam Mine, Stiperstones, Shropshire; fluorite and calcite from Harding County, Illinois, USA; crystalline malachite from Lubumbashi, the Democratic Republic of Congo. 843 grams total, 1.9-10.5 cm
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman. -
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising: millerite from Agnew Mine, Western Australia; mimetite from Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fell, Cumbria; orange gypsum from Australia; galena from Dundas Extended Mine, Tasmania, Australia; hemimorphite displaying silky lustre from Sila County, Arizona, USA; chrome ore- leopard ore from Limassol, Cyprus; aegirine and feldspar from Mt Molosa, Zomba, Malawi; stibnite from Hunan, China; chabazite on calcite from Moonen Bay, isle of Skye; banalsite from Benallt Mine, Rhiw, Gwynedd, Wales. 1.11 kg total, 2.4-11.8 cm
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli and Other Stone and Glass Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Composed of spherical beads interspersed with glass barleytwist beads, and a large melon bead at the centre; restrung. 67 grams, 49 cm
From London, UK, gallery collection, 1990s.
