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LOT 2649
Iridescent Pyrite with Calcite Mineral Specimen
2 in. (43 grams, 53 mm).
An irregular host rock with micro crystals of pyrite and calcite producing an attractive display of colours. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Abbeyton Quarry, Ballysadare, County Sligo, Ireland, October 1998.
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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Sulagiri LL6 Chondrite Meteorite End Cut
Fell 12 September 2008 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
A large cut section with one polished face, inked find spot to one face; in a Swiss membrane box with aluminium identification label and dealer's ticket. 119 grams, 76 mm
Found Krishnagiri District, Tamil Nadu, India. Ex Big Kahuna Meteorites, USA. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 222 grams, 62 cm
Ex West country, UK, collection, 2000s.
The mammoth lineage branched from the Asian elephant around 6 million years ago, and later on the Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, evolved in eastern Siberia. Woolly mammoths, being slightly smaller than living African elephants, were foragers and ate grass, as well as small, nutritious flowering plants that flourished in the environment where they lived. They may also have used their curved tusks to dig through snow and eat plants that other foragers couldn't get to. -
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Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Restrung using mainly tabular, facetted and domed beads, interspersed with small oblate glass beads. 43 grams, 42.5 cm
Ex London art market. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
