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LOT 2442
Fossil Knightia Alta Fish Group
EOCENE PERIOD, CIRCA 58-36 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 - 3 3/8 in. (198 grams total, 78-87 mm).
Comprising three rounded matrices, each with a Knightia alta specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom USA.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Mixed British and Portuguese Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: quartz from Rostowrack China Clay Pit, Cornwall; chalcanthite from Hanover Cove, St Agnes, Cornwall; dolomite from Panasquiera Mines, Portugal; smoky quartz and hematite from Auchinloch Quarry, Dalbeattie, Dumfries; polished section of agate from Dulcote Quarry, Wells, Somerset; scorodite from Wheal Maid, Gwennap, Cornwall; andradite and granite from Belstone Consols, Belstone, Devon; baryte from Barras End Mine, Langthwaite, Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire; pyromorphite from Wheal Rose, Porthleven, Cornwall; steatite from Trevassack Quarry, Goonhilly Downs, Cornwall. 2.8 kg total, 5-11.7 cm
From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman. -
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman. -
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Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Two iron rich specimens each with fusion crust. 33.9 grams total, 27-35 mm
From S.E. Asia. Private collection, London, UK.
