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LOT 0447
Large Deep Purple Amethyst Cathedral Display
CRETACEOUS PERIOD, CIRCA 120-140 MILLION YEARS B.P.
33 x 15 x 6 5/8, 44 1/8 in. (38.6 kg, 84 x 38 x 17 cm, 112 cm including stand).
A complete half of a pyramidal geode, showing deep purple amethyst crystals with tan-coloured druzy quartz; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceFrom Artigas, Uruguay.
Property of a London lady.
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LOT 0447
Large Deep Purple Amethyst Cathedral Display
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)
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Amethyst Crystal Geode Display
Cretaceous Period, circa 120-140 million years B.P.Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £750
Polished section of a geode lined with large, deep purple amethyst crystals in flower-like formations; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 10.65 kg, 26 x 22 x 10 cm, 32 cm including stand
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady. -
Polished Labradorite Sphere
Precambrian Period, Pan-African Orogeny, circa 600-500 million years B.P.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £425
A large, polished sphere of labradorite showing characteristic, mainly blue labradorescence. 2.04 kg, 10.5 cm
From Madagascar. Property of a London lady. -
Cave Bear Fossil Upper Jaw Section
Pleistocene Period, circa 30,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Upper mandible of the cave bear Ursus spelaeus with two large molar teeth in place. 128 grams, 18.5 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, Specialist Collector.
The cave bear was a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia, and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum.
