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LOT 2529
Natural History - Amethyst Crystal Geode Cut Half Collection [6]
2 - 3 in. (338 grams total, 50-75 mm).
Comprising six examples with this outer walls and the internal cavity filled with small lavender-coloured crystals. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2529
Natural History - Amethyst Crystal Geode Cut Half Collection [6]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Boxed Mixed Crystal Display Specimen Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising purple amethyst from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; pyrite from Huanuco, Peru; specularite with quartz from Florence mine, Cumbria; each in a labelled specimen box. 421 grams total, 64-75 mm
From Peru, Brazil and Cumbria, UK. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - British Fossil Belemnite Group
Jurassic Period, circa 190 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising seven examples, three lightly polished. 162 grams total, 4.9-10 cm
Found Charmouth, Dorset, England. -
Natural History - Shell and Fossil Group
Upper Devonian Period, circa 419-358 million years B.P.-20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Including a Phacops rana trilobite and other types. 890 grams total, 5.1-18 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.