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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 Bird Bone Group
Pleistocene Age, circa 2 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising two hollow wading bird bones. 13 grams total, 77-90 mm
From Rancho La Brea Formation, Maricopa Co., California, USA. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
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Natural History - Mastodon Bone Face Carving
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Displaying a later carved stylised face with exaggerated facial detailing. 102 grams, 76 mm
Private UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher. -
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Natural History - Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: a dolomite and quartz specimen from Nentsbury Mine, Northumbria, UK, supplied with an old M.G. Weller collection label; a cassiterite specimen from Old Beam Mine, Bugle, Cornwall, UK, supplied with an old M.G. Weller collection label; a geode section with a cluster of amethyst crystals, from Brazil; both halves of a quartz geode from Morocco; a group of thirty-five pyrite crystal nuggets of various sizes. 318 grams total, 9-57 mm
Fine condition.
From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
