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LOT 2471
Natural History - Arizona Sierra Natural Sandstone Coaster Set
3 3/4 in. (560 grams total, 94 mm each).
A set of four polished coasters with cork backing, showing attractive layering. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2471
Natural History - Arizona Sierra Natural Sandstone Coaster Set
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Wind Chime with Cut and Polished Purple Agate Slices
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising a large central slice with five smaller slices hanging below; in enhanced dark purple colour. 262 grams, 40 cm long
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Large Fossil Woolly Mammoth Tooth
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
A complete Mammuthus primigenius tooth. 2.5 kg, 22 cm
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising: blue sapphire from Antar Village, Jamaa, Kaduna State, Nigeria, collection number 563; a fine aquamarine-blue tourmaline crystal with pale rose-pink colour towards the top of the main crystal, collection number 460, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; cinnabar from Humboldt County, California, USA, collection number 260; talc from Norway, collection number 18; copper from USA, collection number 91; baryte from Frizington, Cumbria, England, collection number 421; moss agatev311; lapis lazuli from USSR, collection number 135; mica schist from Skiathos Island, Greece, collection number 511. 104 grams total, 25-47 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.
