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LOT 2793
Group of Twenty One [21] Boxed Mexican Pyrite 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Specimens
1 1/8 - 2 in. (1.21 kg total including box, 29-49 mm).
Boxed group of pyrite specimens, each within a labelled specimen tray and some with accessory minerals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Mexico.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2793
Group of Twenty One [21] Boxed Mexican Pyrite 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Fossil Fern in Opened Nodule
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
An opened oval nodule displaying the positive and negative of the fern fossil. 218 grams total, 9.8-10.2 cm
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. -
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Group of Seventy [70] Amethyst Crystal Geode Sections
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Boxed group of dark to light purple amethyst crystals on geode sections. 3.96 kg total including box, 10-74 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Polished Madagascan Fossil Cleoniceras Ammonite
Jurassic Period, circa 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Polished specimen showing attractive pattern formation. 135 grams, 84 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
