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LOT 2850
Large Desert Rose Gypsum Specimen Group [15]
1 7/8 - 2 1/2 in. (1.19 kg total, 47-62 mm).
Comprising fifteen rounded clusters of flattened crystals. [15, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Polished Fossil Goniatite Bookends
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Comprising two rounded bookends carved from fossiliferous stone, each with a large Goniatite sp. specimen set to the centre. 2.13 kg total, 11.8 cm each
From Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Flexicalymene Fossil Trilobite Group
Ordovician Period, circa 510-445 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising two fragmentary specimens. 225 grams total, 77 mm each
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Gypsum Pink Alabaster Specimen
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3
Displaying natural veining and areas of darker colour. 843 grams, 11.4 cm
From Aust Cliff, River Severn, Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from Milton Keynes Geological Society 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.
