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LOT 1752
Natural History - Australian Boulder Opal Specimen
3/8 in. (0.91 grams, 10 mm).
In cut dark brown ironstone matrix, displaying a beautiful play of colour. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a UK gentleman, acquired in the 1970s.
Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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Natural History - Large Fossil Clavilithes Gastropod
Eocene Period, circa 40 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Clavilithes macrospira showing a good structure of the shell; supplied in a cardboard specimen tray. 263 grams, 13.5 cm
Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Rose Quartz Mineral Specimen Group [50]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising large chunks of pink-coloured specimens. 1.52 kg total, 33-59 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Mastodon Tusk Carving
Pliocene Period, circa 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With a later stylised face carving. 53 grams, 87 mm
From Island of Java. From an old Bristol, UK, collection.