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LOT 2295
Large Group of One Hundred [100] Rock Crystal Quartz Specimens
1 1/8 - 1 5/8 in. (1.27 kg total, 28-42 mm).
Comprising mainly twinned and intergrown prismatic crystals. [100, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2295
Large Group of One Hundred [100] Rock Crystal Quartz Specimens
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Box of Twenty-Seven [27] Desert Rose Specimens
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Boxed group comprising twenty-seven specimens of radiating clusters of flattened crystals forming flower-like formations. 2.67 kg total, 55-72 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Hammatoceras Ammonite
Jurassic Period, circa 183-176 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large Hammatoceras insigne specimen showing the characteristic discoidal form with strong ribbing. 750 grams, 16.1 cm
From Toarcian Caluados, France. 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. -
Mixed Ireland, Scotland and English Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: quartz from Cloghmore Quarry, Costelloe, Galway, Ireland; smoky quartz and hematite from Auchinloch Quarry, Dalbeattie, Dumfries, Scotland; baryte from Mowbray Mone, Frizington, Cumbria; pumpellyite from Creag Brimishgan, Isle of Mull, Scotland; fluorite from Mildam Mine, Great Hucklow, Derbyshire; fluorite from Greenlaws Mine, Daddry Sheild, Weardale, Durham; epidote from Cloghmore Quarry, Costelloe, Galway, Ireland; baryte and dolomite from Frizington, Cumbria; azurite from Gortdrum Mine, Monard, Tipperar, Ireland; Blue John on a display stand from Treak Cliff, Castleton, Derbyshire. 3.35 kg total including box, 3.8-12.3 cm
From the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.