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LOT 2400
Natural History - Amethyst Mineral Specimen
4 1/4 in. (657 grams, 11 cm high).
A free-standing section of a geode with amethyst crystals of good colour. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Shrimp Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A pair of Carpopenaeus sp. shrimps, each in a matrix. 233 grams total, 70-86 mm
From Lebanon. Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Coral Head Heart Palmstone
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Cut to a heart-shape and revealing the internal structures. 141 grams, 69 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Polished Green Malachite Section Group [20]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Each with at least one polished face to reveal the attractive banding; some pierced for threading. 244 grams total, 17-46 mm
From Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).