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LOT 2522
Eupatagus Fossil Sea Urchin Group
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 58-36 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/4 - 2 3/4 in. (540 grams total, 58-71 mm).
Comprising five Eupatagus antillarum specimens. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Polished Mixed Mineral Specimen Group [36]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising polished pebbles of amethyst, tiger's eye, quartz, agate, turquoise, and others. 465 grams total, 21-47 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Meteoritic Tektite Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
A tongue-shaped specimen with dimpled surface. 8.44 grams, 44 mm
From Indo-China. Acquired from Friars Square market, Aylesbury, UK, October 2012. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.
Tektites are lumps of black or dark grey natural glass produced from melted crustal rocks that are caused by large hypervelocity meteorite impacts on sediments. -
Coloured Quartz Crystal Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
An opened nodule lined with dyed pink quartz crystals. 93 grams total, 49 mm each
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
