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LOT 2628
Mixed Crystal Mineral Specimen Collection [9]
2 - 3 3/4 in. (1.26 kg total, 50-94 mm).
Comprising; a mica slice; a cut amethyst geode half; an agate slice; an amethyst geode section, an agate geode section, and others. [9, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
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Complete Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode [2]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
An almost spherical geode with brown and grey banding, the internal cavity filled with deep coloured amethyst crystals and clusters of grey calcite. 520 grams total, 80-82 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK. -
Fossil Lituites on Matrix
Ordovician Period, circa 450 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Displaying planospirally coiled juvenile portion at the apex and a part of the long, expanding orthoconic adult section with a subdorsal siphuncle connecting the chambers. 204 grams, 99 mm
From China. Acquired at the Kidlington Mineral and Fossil Show, Oxfordshire, UK, in 2016. 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. -
Cut and Polished Green Agate Geode Slice Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Each with two polished faces, some translucent. 731 grams total, 35-59 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.