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LOT 2418
Large Coloured Quartz Crystal Geode Nodule
4 1/4 - 4 1/2 in. (1.43 kg total, 10.7-11.4 cm).
The nodule split into two halves to expose the crystal lined centre of dyed vibrant purple crystals. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Crystal and Mineral Specimen Collection [7]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising: a cleaved octahedron fluorite crystal from Illinois, USA; citrine geode slice; quartz with pyrite(?); octahedral pyrite with serpentine; hexagonal yellow calcite in matrix; fire opal set in egg-shaped matrix; an unidentified mineral specimen with flower-like clusters of reddish brown crystals. 1.08 kg total, 36-99 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Rissani Carbonaceous Chondrite Meteorite Polished End Cut
Found 2003 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Cut and polished end section of NWA 2083, inked collector's note to one side. specimen weight 19.44 grams, 31mm
From Rissani, Morocco/Algeria, North West Africa. Ex Michael Farmer Meteorites, Tucson, Arizona, USA. Ex USA collection. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by an original dealer label and Swiss membrane box with aluminium identification label. -
Woolly Mammoth Bone Bead Necklace String
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Restrung using recently polished Mammuthus primigenius bone beads. 207 grams, 59 cm
Ex West country, UK, collection, 1990s onwards.
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 were unable to reach.
