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LOT 2600
Hvittis Finland EL6 Enstatite Chondrite Meteorite Section
FELL 1901 A.D.
1 3/8 in. (11.4 grams, 35 mm).
Cut and polished rectangular section E6; in a Swiss membrane box with dealer's card. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound in Huittinen, Satakunta, Finland.
From the collection of Jay Cassara.
Ex Robert Haag collection, Tucson, AZ, USA.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
The meteorite was found just three days after a very loud fall, and it is the second most massive low-iron Enstatite chondrite.
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LOT 2600
Hvittis Finland EL6 Enstatite Chondrite Meteorite Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
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Polished Fossil Coral 'Heart' Palm Stone
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From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Framed Polished Fossil Orthoceras Specimen
Carboniferous Period, circa 300 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A bullet-shaped specimen showing the internal gas chambers; set in a box frame with an information label. 928 grams total, 32.7 x 24 cm including frame
From Morocco, North Africa. 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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Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Restrung using six cylindrical beads interspersed with mainly oblate beads, four of the cylindrical beads with engraved ring-and-dot motifs and circumferential grooves; central motif an elbow bead with facetted edges and engraved ring-and dot motifs. 38 grams, 46 cm
Ex London art market. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
