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LOT 2362
Mixed British and Portuguese Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
2 - 4 5/8 in. (2.8 kg total, 5-11.7 cm).
Comprising: quartz from Rostowrack China Clay Pit, Cornwall; chalcanthite from Hanover Cove, St Agnes, Cornwall; dolomite from Panasquiera Mines, Portugal; smoky quartz and hematite from Auchinloch Quarry, Dalbeattie, Dumfries; polished section of agate from Dulcote Quarry, Wells, Somerset; scorodite from Wheal Maid, Gwennap, Cornwall; andradite and granite from Belstone Consols, Belstone, Devon; baryte from Barras End Mine, Langthwaite, Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire; pyromorphite from Wheal Rose, Porthleven, Cornwall; steatite from Trevassack Quarry, Goonhilly Downs, Cornwall. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2362
Mixed British and Portuguese Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Collection of Cabochon Rubies
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Comprising six polished cabochons, some lead glass-filled. 5.15 grams total, 8-11 mm
Private collection, London, UK. -
Collection of Large Red Coral Beads
Early 20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising cut branch-sections, drilled through for suspension, dyed. 100 grams total, 16-29 mm
Private collection, London, UK. -
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Campo del Cielo Meteorite Necklace
Fell 6000-5000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
A nickel-iron meteorite (IAB) with a suspension loop and cord for wearing. 6.68 grams, Meteorite: 22 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
A crater field of roughly 26 craters was found in the vicinity of this crater, which is estimated to date to 4-5 thousand years BP. The age of the meteorite itself is thought to be c.4.5 billion years, formed as part of the development of this solar system. The largest two fragments, the 30.8-ton Gancedo and 28.8-ton El Chaco, are among the heaviest meteorite masses ever recovered on Earth. In 1576, the governor of a province in Northern Argentina commissioned the military to search for a large mass of iron, which it was believed the local people claimed had fallen from the sky and which they used for their weapon production. The expedition discovered a large mass of metal, which was assumed to be an iron mine, and brought back a few samples, which were described as being of unusual purity. Following the legends, in 1774, Don Bartolomé Francisco de Maguna rediscovered the iron mass. He himself did not believe that the stone had fallen from the sky and assumed that it had formed by a volcanic eruption. However, he sent the samples to the Royal Society of London. In 199,0 it became protected by law.
