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LOT 2308
Mixed Cornwall and Other Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
1 1/4 - 5 3/8 in. (2.04 kg total, 3.2-13.7 cm).
Comprising: quartz from Rostowrack China Clay Pit, Cornwall; smoky quartz from Virginia Pit, St Stephen, Cornwall; chalcopyrite from Mount Wellington Mine, Twelveheads, Cornwall; rhodonite from Greystone Wood Mine, Lawhitton, Cornwall; tourmaline from Buttern Hill Placers, Altarnun, Cornwall; rutile from Lanterdan Quarry, Treknow, Cornwall; epimorph in siderite from Virtuous Lady Mine Buckland, Monachorum, Devon; banded gneiss specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2308
Mixed Cornwall and Other Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Cut and Polished Psaronius Brasiliensis Fossil Fern Slice on Stand
Paleozoic Era, Permian Age, circa 280,000-250,000 B.P.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
Cut section from the trunk of an extinct tree fern showcasing the complex central vascular system. 1.07 kg total including stand, 14.8 cm
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. Accompanied by a copy of an old typed information slip. -
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Specimen Collection
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising four polished specimens. 126 grams total, 47-83 mm
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 Twenty [20] Sodalite Mineral Specimens
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Boxed group of royal blue sodalite specimens with white calcite veins. 3.96 kg total, 6.7-10.6 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
