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LOT 2515
Large Group of Forty-Two [42] Cleaved Optical Calcite Specimens
1 - 1 5/8 in. (1.54 kg total, 24-42 mm).
Comprising forty-two calcite rhombs displaying characteristic double refraction. [42, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2515
Large Group of Forty-Two [42] Cleaved Optical Calcite Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Group of Twenty [20] Cut and Polished Malachite Eye Sections
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising twenty botryoidal malachite specimens showing 'eye' motifs. 243 grams total, 18-38 mm
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Group of Fifty [50] Amethyst Crystal Sections
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising fifty irregular geode sections with small prismatic amethyst crystals. 2.84 kg total, 23-60 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Crab on Matrix
Eocene-Miocene Period, 58-5.3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
The remains of a fossil crab set in a sedimentary matrix with its legs and claws curled underneath the body. 1.16 kg, 13.4 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
