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LOT 2373
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
1 3/8 - 3 7/8 in. (923 grams total, 36-98 mm).
Comprising: azurite from Milpillas, Cananea District, Sonora, Mexico; amethyst from Namibia; chalcedony from USA; barytes and cerussite from Brandy Bottle Mine, Arkengarthdale, Yorkshire; baryte from Barrass End Mine, Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire; stibnite from Huaan, China; cavansite from Poona, India; hemimorphite from Millclose Mine, Darley Dale, Derbyshire; quartz with minor sulphides from Huanon, Peru; descloizite from Berg Aukas, South West Africa. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman.
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Fossil Pseudolioceras Ammonite
Lower Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A rounded pebble half containing an Pseudolioceras lythense ammonite specimen. 795 grams, 13.2 cm
From Whitby, UK. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Column
Devonian Period, circa 400 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising variously sized polished Orthoceras sp. specimens on a textured freestanding matrix. 1.34 kg, 21.5 cm
From Morocco. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
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.
