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LOT 2764
Group of Forty-Six [46] Boxed and Mounted Calcite Rhomb Mineral Specimens
3/4 - 1 3/8 in. (785 grams total including box, 20-34 mm).
A boxed group of rhomboidal, transparent specimens in labelled display trays. [46, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Mexico.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2764
Group of Forty-Six [46] Boxed and Mounted Calcite Rhomb Mineral Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Large Fossil Agadir Ammonite with Cut Base
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With a cut base and showing characteristic ribbing, possibly Calycoceras. 1.58 kg, 13 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Worked Fossilised Megalodon Tooth
Early Pliocene, circa 5-2 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Showing signs of being polished and with the tip cut at an angle, possibly used as a tool. 293 grams, 11.5 cm
Recovered from the Hawthorn Formation, Broad River, Beaufort County, South Carolina. -
Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut and Polished Green Porphyry Sheet Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Cut and polished sections, mined in Greece, cut and polished on both sides, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times. 221 grams total, 11.9-14.5 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.
