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LOT 2548
Natural History - Aventurine Gem Tree on Amethyst Crystal Geode Section
6 7/8 in. (691 grams, 17.5 cm high).
Irregular geode matrix with purple amethyst crystals; the metal branches tipped with polished dark and light green aventurine pebbles. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2548
Natural History - Aventurine Gem Tree on Amethyst Crystal Geode Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Fossil Scutellum Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
A Scutellum sp. trilobite from the family Styginidae on a matrix. 222 grams, 77 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Boxed Quartz Crystal Display Specimen Group [6]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Each with well-formed white to clear crystals; in labelled cardboard boxes. 434 grams total, 57-72 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Large Fossil Otodus Shark Tooth
Eocene Period, circa 54 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
A large Otodus obliquus tooth from the front of a mouth in a matrix. 63 grams, 90 mm
From the Ouled Abdoun Basin Formation (Phosphate beds), Oued Zem, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German paleontological collection.