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LOT 2496
Mixed Cornwall and Somerset Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
2 1/2 - 5 in. (3.42 kg total, 6.3-12.6 cm).
Comprising: calcite from Dulcote Quarry, Wells, Somerset; quartz from Wheal Wrey, St Ive, Cornwall; sphalerite and chalcopyrite from Great South Tolgus, Tarewaste, Cornwall; pyrite from Trevaunance Cove, St Agnes, Cornwall; goethite from Barngate Level, Restormel Royal Iron Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall; quartz on fluorite from Wheal Mary Ann, Menheniot, Cornwall; goethite and quartz from Cornwall; quartz from Royal Restormel Mine, Lostwithiel, Cornwall; pyrite from Cornwall. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 2496
Mixed Cornwall and Somerset 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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Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of tubular, polygonal, and coin-shaped beads with a teardrop-shaped pendant, restrung. 70.9 grams, 40 cm
Acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. Ex London, UK, collection. -
Polished Fossil Goniatite Lidded Trinket Box
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
A square box carved from fossiliferous stone, the lid set with a larger Goniatite sp. specimen. 548 grams, 91 x 91 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Vinctifer Comploni Fish in Matrix
Early Cretaceous Epoch, 150-109 million years B.P.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
On a matrix showing the characteristic elongated scales, an old collector's number 'VP206' on the reverse. 507 grams, 19.2 cm
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