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LOT 2290
Group of Fifteen [15] Cut and Polished Agate Geode Slices and Halves
2 - 5 5/8 in. (1.68 kg total, 5.3-14.2 cm).
Comprising five translucent, polished slices and ten cut and polished geode sections. [15, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2290
Group of Fifteen [15] Cut and Polished Agate Geode Slices and Halves
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Polished Double Fossil Mamite Display
Cretaceous Period, circa 90 million years B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Two horned ammonites with regularly disposed spines to the outer shell. 1.43 kg, 16.5 cm wide
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Prionolepis Fish
Cretaceous Priod, circa 100 million years B.P.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Middle-sized fish of slender shape, a pointed snout and a forked caudal fin; traces of its last meal, a whole fish, in its stomach. 552 grams, 22 cm
From Lebanon. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut Green Porphyry Strip Group
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
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.
