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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
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Fossil Phareodus Fish in Matrix
Eocene Epoch, circa 56-33.9 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
On a rectangular matrix showing the characteristic oval body and a small head. 1.03 kg, 16 cm
From Green River formation, Wyoming, USA. 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. -
Very Large Quantity of Polished Green Tourmaline Gemstones
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Large group of tumbled, mainly dark green to almost black tourmaline specimens. 1.02 kg total, 3-12 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Sand Shark Fossil Tooth Group
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising various sizes of Otodus obliquus teeth. 26 grams total, 17-39 mm
From a Norfolk, UK, collection.