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LOT 2510
Mixed Fossil, Crystal and Mineral Collection
1 3/4 - 5 7/8 in. (3.1 kg total including tray, 4.4-15 cm).
Comprising: hematite, kyanite, agate, fossilised wood, a geode section, calcite, fossilised vertebra, and others. [16, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2510
Mixed Fossil, Crystal and Mineral Collection
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Fossil Sapindopsis Plant Leaf
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-66 million years B.P.Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising three joined leaves from an extinct genus Sapindopsis, related to the modern Platanaceae family. 1.08 kg, 20.5 cm
From Lebanon. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Agate Geode Display with Pink Druzy Quartz
Circa 140-120 million years B.P.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
With thick agate borders and an interior window revealing pink druzy coating over nascent stalactites; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 2.88 kg, 17.5 x 17 x 8 cm, 24 cm including stand
From Artigas, Uruguay. Property of a London lady. -
Polished Fossil Orthoceras Specimen Collection
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising four polished specimens. 126 grams total, 47-83 mm
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.
