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LOT 2512
Kambaba Jasper 'Peacock Eye' Sphere
2 5/8 in. (425 grams, 67 mm).
Rhyolitic stone sphere with wisps and irregularly-shaped orbs forming 'eye' patterns. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Large Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut & Polished Green Porphyry Sheet
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A large cut and polished section, mined in Greece, cut and polished on one side, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times. 224 grams, 20.9 cm
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Also known as Lapis Lacedaemonius and Porfido Verde Antico, a type of green porphyry quarried in Greece. Spartan basalt is a form of andesite or volcanic rock known today only from a single source in the village of Krokees on the Peloponnese in Greece. In addition, ancient sources mention a quarry of Lapis Lacedaemonius in Taygetus. -
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