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LOT 2344
Fossil Phacops Trilobite on Matrix
DEVONIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 444-439 MILLION YEARS B.P.
3 in. (128 grams, 74 mm).
Comprising two aquatic arthropod showing good detail in the carapace, resting on an irregular matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Lebanon.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2344
Fossil Phacops Trilobite on Matrix
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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White Quartz Geode Slice with Amethyst Core
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Opening Bid: £440
Cut and polished slice showing dense intergrown layer of white quartz crystals, the centre with groups of small lavender-coloured amethyst crystals; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 4.54 kg, 34 x 25 x 2cm, 52 cm including stand
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady. -
Large Rough Aquamarine Crystal on Plinth
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Sub-translucent formation of greenish-blue aquamarine set on a wooden display stand. 3.42 kg total, 22 cm high including stand
From the private collection of a Devon, UK, lady. -
Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut Green Porphyry Strip Group
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £55
Cut and polished sections, mined in Greece, cut and polished on both sides, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times. 225 grams total, 4.4-15.1 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
Also known as Lapis Lacedaemonius and Porfido Verde Antico, a type of green porphyry quarried in Greece. Spartan basalt is a form of andesite or volcanic rock known today only from a single source in the village of Krokees on the Peloponnese in Greece. In addition, ancient sources mention a quarry of Lapis Lacedaemonius in Taygetus.
