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LOT 2363
Meteoritic Tektite Specimen Group
2 - 4 in. (112 grams total, 5-10.3 cm).
Comprising two rounded specimens and one long ,branch-like specimen. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, London, UK.
FootnotesTektites are lumps of black or dark grey natural glass produced from melted crustal rocks that are caused by large hypervelocity meteorite impacts on sediments.
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Large Amethyst and Quartz Crystal Display
Cretaceous Period, circa 120-140 million years B.P.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
An ovoid geode section with large prismatic quartz and light purple amethyst crystals with colour concentrations at the peak of the terminations; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 14.75 kg, 37.5 x 25 x 17 cm, 52 cm including stand
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady. -
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: a dodecahedral almandine garnet crystal from Cap Andrahomana, Ranopiso, Tulear Province, Madagascar; cerussite/baryte from Mibladen, Morocco; vibrant red-orange crocoite crystals from Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia; gypsum with selenite from Australia; celestine from Yate, near Bristol, Co Avon; uvite with dravite from Bushfarm, St Lawrence County, New York, USA; chalcopyrite from Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall; galena from Sweetwater Mine, Missouri, USA; atacamite from Australia; vanadinite from Miblaben, Morocco. 963 grams total, 44-77 mm
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman. -
Fossil Phacops Trilobite on Matrix
Devonian Period, circa 444-439 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
The aquatic arthropod showing good detail to the carapace, resting on an irregular matrix. 182 grams, 71 mm
From Morocco. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
