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LOT 2489
Group of Twenty Eight [28] Pyrite (Fool's Gold) Specimens
1 1/2 - 2 5/8 in. (2.56 kg total, 37-67 mm).
Comprising twenty-eight specimens of small intergrown pyrite crystals, some with characteristic striations. [28, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2489
Group of Twenty Eight [28] Pyrite (Fool's Gold) Specimens
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Fossil Asaphus Trilobite in Matrix
Middle Ordovician, circa 470-458 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Asaphus lepidurus with a semicircular headshield and tailshield separated by well-defined ribs. 65 grams, 54 mm
From the Putilova River, Volchov, St. Petersburg, Russia. From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent. -
Mixed Ireland, Scotland and English Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: quartz from Cloghmore Quarry, Costelloe, Galway, Ireland; smoky quartz and hematite from Auchinloch Quarry, Dalbeattie, Dumfries, Scotland; baryte from Mowbray Mone, Frizington, Cumbria; pumpellyite from Creag Brimishgan, Isle of Mull, Scotland; fluorite from Mildam Mine, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire; fluorite from Greenlaws Mine, Daddry Sheild, Weardale, Durham; epidote from Cloghmore Quarry, Costelloe, Galway, Ireland; baryte and dolomite from Frizington, Cumbria; azurite from Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Tipperar, Ireland; Blue John on a display stand from Treak Cliff, Castleton, Derbyshire. 3.35 kg total including box, 3.8-12.3 cm
From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman. -
Natural Gold Specimen Group
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising a quantity of small specimens in a display box. 8.67 grams total, 58 x 38 mm including box
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
