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LOT 1764
Natural History - Almandine Garnet Mineral Specimen
2 1/8 in. (249 grams, 53 mm).
A large specimen of almandine garnet with facetted faces. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Jaipur, India.
Private collection, Munster, Germany.
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Natural History - Polished Fluorite Globe Pair
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
A group of two polished fluorite spheres, held in white card collector's trays. 288 grams total, 42 mm each
From China. Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Large Triple Agadir Ammonite Display
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
A large triple Agadir ammonite display showing two larger and one smaller specimen, possibly Acanthoceras sp. 33.2 kg, 48 cm wide
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - British Heteromorph Fossil Ammonite with Bivalves Display
Jurassic Period, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
A heteromorph fossil Spiroceras annulatum ammonite together with Neocrassina miodularis bivalves in an amorphous matrix; collector's hand written label 'Burton Bradstock 1002' to reverse; Inferior Oolite, Garantiana Zone. 972 grams, 16.5 cm
From Burton Bradstock, Dorset, UK. Property of a Leicestershire, UK, private collector.