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LOT 2428
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
1 1/4 - 2 5/8 in. (893 grams total, 32-66 mm).
Comprising: pale pink heulandite from Nasik, India; galena from Sweet Water Mine, Missouri, USA; azurite and malachite from shaft no. 3, TCL Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia; aragonite 'sputnik' from Spain; galena and sphalerite from Callow Hill Quarry, Fontesbury, Shropshire; sphalerite with pyrite from Huaron Mining District, Cerro de Pasco, Peru; cluster of apophyllite crystals from Poona, India; stilbite from Poona, India; wolframite from Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria; malachite displaying some silky lustre from the Democratic Republic of Congo. [10,No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman.
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Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: pale pink heulandite from Nasik, India; galena from Sweet Water Mine, Missouri, USA; azurite and malachite from shaft no. 3, TCL Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia; aragonite 'sputnik' from Spain; galena and sphalerite from Callow Hill Quarry, Fontesbury, Shropshire; sphalerite with pyrite from Huaron Mining District, Cerro de Pasco, Peru; cluster of apophyllite crystals from Poona, India; stilbite from Poona, India; wolframite from Carrock Mine, Mungrisdale, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria; malachite displaying some silky lustre from the Democratic Republic of Congo. 893 grams total, 32-66 mm
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman. -
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: a dodecahedral almandine garnet crystal from Cap Andrahomana, Ranopiso, Tulear Province, Madagascar; cerussite/baryte from Mibladen, Morocco; vibrant red-orange crocoite crystals from Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia; gypsum with selenite from Australia; celestine from Yate, near Bristol, Co Avon; uvite with dravite from Bushfarm, St Lawrence County, New York, USA; chalcopyrite from Hingston Down Quarry, Calstock, Cornwall; galena from Sweetwater Mine, Missouri, USA; atacamite from Australia; vanadinite from Miblaben, Morocco. 963 grams total, 44-77 mm
From the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Fossil Trilobites
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising five specimens on matrices. 245 grams total, 41-53 mm
Found Morocco, North Africa. Property of an Essex gallery.