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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
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Fossil Agadir Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, circa 110 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Showing distinctive ribbing. 426 grams, 10.4 cm
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. -
Set of Woolly Rhinoceros Teeth
Devensian Period, circa 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Comprising four teeth from the lower right jaw of a large male. 640 grams total, 8.1-11.8 cm
Perma frost of Siberia. From a Netherlands collector in the 2020s. From a private collection. -
Bactrian Style Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Composed of tubular and coin-shaped beads, restrung. 48 grams, 37 cm
Acquired in the 1990s-early 2000s. Ex London, UK, collection.