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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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Polished Goniatite Fossil Triangular Lidded Box
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Carved from a fossiliferous stone and the lid set with a goniatite specimen. 557 grams, 12.8 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Diplomystus Fish in Matrix
Eocene Period, 58-36 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
On a rectangular matrix, showing good spine and tail detail. 469 grams, 18 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. -
Fossil Vinctifer Comploni Fish in Matrix
Early Cretaceous Epoch, 150-109 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
On a matrix showing the characteristic elongated scales, an old collector's number 'VP206' on the reverse. 507 grams, 19.2 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.
