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LOT 2478
Mixed Crystal and Mineral Specimen Group
3/4 - 5 1/8 in. (1.9 kg total, 1.9-13.1 cm).
Comprising: adamite from Laurium, Attica, Greece; smithsonite from Silvertop Quarry, Hallbankgate, Cumbria; hemimorphite crystals from Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico; dolomite from Arkansas, USA; pyromorphite from Mexico Mine, High Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria; aragonite from Wapping Mine, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire; fluorite and galena from Diana Maria Mine, Forsterly, Weardale, Co Durham; arsenopyrite and scheelite from carrock Mine, Caldbeck Fell, Cumbria; orange calcite from Cloud Hill QUarry, Northington, Leicestershire; galena, ankerite, barite calcite and sulphur from West High Cross Vein, Brownley, Nenthead, Cumbria. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Cornish, UK, gentleman.
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Fossil Trilobite on Matrix
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Opening Bid: £600
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