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LOT 2766
Group of Twenty Nine [29] Large Polished Amethyst Crystal Points
2 1/8 - 2 7/8 in. (4.15 kg total including box, 54-73 mm).
Boxed group of large pyramidal pale purple amethyst crystals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2766
Group of Twenty Nine [29] Large Polished Amethyst Crystal Points
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Psychopyge Elegans Fossil Trilobite on Matrix
Middle Devonian Period, circa 380 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Showing the characteristic long snout, long genal spines, long pleural spines, and bulbous cephalon. 865 grams, 15.3 cm
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. -
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Purple Amethyst Crystal Geode Specimen Group [20]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising irregular geode sections lined with lavender to dark purple amethyst crystals. 1.36 kg total, 40-84 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
