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LOT 2540
Large Group of One Hundred [100] Small Pyrite (Fool's Gold) Specimens
5/8 - 1 1/8 in. (990 grams total, 16-29 mm).
Comprising one hundred clusters of small pyrite crystals. [100, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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LOT 2540
Large Group of One Hundred [100] Small Pyrite (Fool's Gold) 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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Fossil Insects in Matrix Collection
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising three insects, two smaller and one larger, with long wings. 93 grams total, 39-70 mm
From Brazil. 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. -
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Group of Ten [10] Cut and Polished Agate Geode Slices
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising ten polished transparent to translucent slices, one showing interesting 'eye' formations, some with enhanced colouring. 593 grams total, 7.9-11.5 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Crinoid Plate
Silurian Period, 445-416 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Tongue-shaped matrix with a fossil crinoid, possibly Scyphocrinites elegans. 473 grams, 16.5 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
