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LOT 0407
'Icy Landscape Formation' in White Quartz
9 1/2 in. (1.56 kg total, 24 cm incuding stand).
A cut geode section with flower-like formations of white, clear and grey quartz crystals, with black hematite(?); accompanied by a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFrom Artigas, Uruguay.
Property of a London lady.
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Aquamarine with Tourmaline Crystal Mineral Display Specimen
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A pale blue aquamarine crystal and a dark tourmaline crystal on matrix with mica crystals. 74.6 grams, 58 mm
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English Natural Gold Nugget from Grimsby
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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Large Fossil Trilobite in Matrix
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Phacops sp. on a textured oval matrix. 1.37 kg, 17.5 cm
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