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LOT 2852
Large Agate and Amethyst Column Display
24 3/8 in. (10.45 kg total, 62 cm including stand).
A thick, cut and polished geode section showing attractive layering of white, grey, and brown agate; well-formed prismatic amethyst crystals above the agate layer; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFrom Artigas, Uruguay.
Property of a London lady.
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LOT 2852
Large Agate and Amethyst Column Display
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
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Fossil Fern in Opened Nodule
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
An opened oval nodule displaying the positive and negative of the fern fossil. 218 grams total, 9.8-10.2 cm
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. -
Large Agate and Amethyst Column Display
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
A thick, cut and polished geode section showing attractive layering of white, grey, and brown agate; well-formed prismatic amethyst crystals above the agate layer; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 8.47 kg total, 65 cm including stand
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady. -
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Book End Pair
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Each polished and cut from a block of fossiliferous stone and set with Orthoceras sp. specimens. 3.4 kg total, 14.5 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
