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LOT 2280
Natural History - Amethyst Crystal Specimen
2 7/8 in. (283 grams, 72 mm).
Comprising lavender-coloured prismatic crystals on a freestanding cut matrix. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Black Garnet Crystal Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Four examples of polyhedral garnet crystal. 27.1 grams total, 17-20 mm
From the personal collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Fossil Shrimp on Matrix
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
On a rectangular sandstone matrix. 328 grams, 12.2 cm
From Lebanon. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Massive Crinoid Plate
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380
An impressive display containing multiple intact Scyphocrinus elegans specimens showing detailed crowns and stalks. 90.5 kg, 1.73 m
From Erfoud, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Crinoids are filter feeding sea animals, which attach themselves to the bottom of the ocean with a stalk. They are echinoderms related to starfish, sea urchins, and brittle stars. Today they are referred to as ‘Sea Lilies’, and are virtually identical to their fossil relatives, making them living fossils.
