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LOT 2731
Group of Grossular Garnet Mineral Specimens
3/4 - 1 1/2 in. (314 grams total, 20-42 mm).
A group of grossular garnet mineral specimens; held in a white card collector's tray. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceMineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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Quartz Gem Tree on Amethyst Crystal Geode Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Irregular geode matrix with light purple amethyst crystals; the metal branches tipped with polished quartz pebbles. 600 grams, 17 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Flexicalymene Fossil Trilobite Group
Ordovician Period, circa 510-445 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising three specimens; repaired. 256 grams total, 74-85 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
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.
