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LOT 2450
Hollow Glass Tektite 'Cave' From Meteorite Crater
1 1/8 in. (45.9 grams, 48 mm).
Conical formation with flat base and a circular opening to one side, hollow cavity inside. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Fossil Mioplosus Fish
Eocene Period, circa 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
On a heavy rectangular matrix, showing some good detail. 1.8 kg, 20.2 x 16.7 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: adamite from Laurium, Attica, Greece; smithsonite from Silvertop Quarry, Hallbankgate, Cumbria; hemimorphite crystals from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico; dolomite from Arkansas, USA; pyromorphite from Mexico Mine, High Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria; aragonite from Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire; fluorite and galena from Diana Maria Mine, Forsterly, Weardale, Co Durham; arsenopyrite and scheelite from carrock Mine, Caldbeck Fell, Cumbria; orange calcite from Cloud Hill QUarry, Northington, Leicestershire; galena, ankerite, barite calcite and sulphur from West High Cross Vein, Brownley, Nenthead, Cumbria. 1.9 kg total, 1.9-13.1 cm
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman. -
English Green Fluorite Crystal Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Deep green interpenetrant cubic fluorite crystals on a matrix. 214 grams, 69 mm
From Heights Mine, Westgate, Durham, UK. From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.
