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LOT 2718
Natural History - Amethyst Crystal Display
4 3/8 in. (960 grams, 11.1 cm).
A freestanding cut geode section with lilac-coloured amethyst crystals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Diplomystus Birdi Fish
Cretaceous Period, circa 98 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
On a rectangular matrix. 107 grams, 70 x 72 mm
From Lebanon. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Crystal Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
In enhanced dyed blue colour, opened to reveal the internal crystal filled cavity. 193 grams total, 51-55 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: rhodochrosite from Argentina, collection number 11; an attractive quartz rosette, collection number 282; a cut and polished agate slice from Brazil, collection number 350; vanadinite on calcite, collection number 146; lepidolite from Brazil, collection number 268; spodumene from Nuristan, collection number 630; sand crystals from Canterbury Sand Pit, Canterbury, England, collection number 173; pyrite from England, collection number 82. 111 grams total, 16-70 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card.
