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LOT 2493
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
1 - 3 1/4 in. (1 kg total, 25-83 mm).
Comprising: vibrant green dioptase from Tsumeb, Namibia; gypsum desert rose from Tunisia; Prehenite from Poona, India; dolomite from Peru; spray-like formation of scolceite from Poona, India; blue azurite from the Democratic Republic of Congo; amethyst from Brazil; stellerite from Rudni, Kusteni Oblast, Kazakhstan; Wolframite from Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria; thomsonite, chabazite, stilbite and stellerite from Moonen Bay, Isle of Skye. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman.
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Polished Fossil Orthoceras and Goniatite Display
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A freestanding textured matrix set with Goniatite and Orthoceras. 766 grams, 15.7 cm
From Morocco. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Fossil Promicroceras Ammonite Pair
Jurassic Period, circa 199-190 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising two irregular matrices, each with a Promicoceras sp. ammonite specimen. 216 grams total, 6.6-12.7 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Meteorite Crater Tektite Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Piriform in profile with glossy, pitted surface; displayed in a glazed wooden presentation case. 425 grams total, 24.9 x 11.3 cm
From Asia. Acquired on the UK art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, Specialist Collector.
Tektites are lumps of black or dark grey natural glass produced from melted crustal rocks that are caused by large hypervelocity meteorite impacts on sediments.
