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LOT 2703
Large Pale Purple Amethyst Crystal Geode Cave
7 3/4 in. (2.6 kg, 19.5 cm).
A geode section displaying light purple amethyst and grey to colourless quartz crystals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of author and historian Dr DeWitt Bailey, one of the global authorities on the confederate army in the US civil war; thence by descent to his grandson.
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Large Mixed Mineral and Crystal Display Piece Collection [6]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Lebanese Shrimp on Matrix Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 110 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising three rectangular matrices, each with a Carpopenaeus sp. specimen, one dendritic. 447 grams total, 84-89 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Dicranurus Monstrosus Composite Fossil Trilobite
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Showing the pair of horn-like spines behind the glabellum, specific for Dicranurus monstrosus odontopleurid trilobites; some restoration. 666 grams, 12.8 cm
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