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LOT 2812
Mixed Mineral and Crystal Specimen Group
1/4 - 2 5/8 in. (733 grams total, 5-67 mm).
Comprising: four boxed quartz specimens from Minais Gerais, Brazil; a group of amethyst chippings; a group of polished tourmaline chips; and a group of mixed red to brown mineral specimens. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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Large Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut & Polished Green Porphyry Sheet
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
A large cut and polished section, mined in Greece, cut and polished on one side, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times. 224 grams, 20.9 cm
From Greece. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's), Harwich, UK.
Also known as Lapis Lacedaemonius and Porfido Verde Antico, a type of green porphyry quarried in Greece. Spartan basalt is a form of andesite or volcanic rock known today only from a single source in the village of Krokees on the Peloponnese in Greece. In addition, ancient sources mention a quarry of Lapis Lacedaemonius in Taygetus. -
Fossil Coral Head Group
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising seven variously sized unpolished specimens. 604 grams total, 34-60 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Fossilised Woolly Mammoth Leg Bone Group
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Two portions of bone, possibly an astragalus; abraded. 2.06 kg total, 14.8-15.5 cm
Found Walton-on-the-Naze beach, Essex, UK, circa 2006.
