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LOT 1922
Natural History - Boxed Amethyst Crystal Pendant Group [11]
2 1/4 - 1 1/2 in. (172 grams total, 58 x 40 mm each including case).
The crystals with a silver-coloured setting and pendant loop; housed in a perspex box. [11, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1922
Natural History - Boxed Amethyst Crystal Pendant Group [11]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Natural History - White Pecopteris Fern Specimen Group
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Five Pecopteris sp. fern specimens on irregular matrices 3.04 kg total, 15-25 cm
From St. Clair, Pennsylvania, USA. Acquired during the 1980s. From the Pradi Collection, Boston, USA.
These fern fossils are very common from coal mining areas around the world. However, it is the unique state of preservation of the white on the black shale that gives the St. Clair ferns their beauty and rarity. This combination is not found anywhere else in the world. -
Natural History - British Fossil Scallop
Jurassic Period, circa 165-200 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising an almost complete Pseudopecten acuticostata and remains of other fossils on the matrix. 179 grams, 86 mm
From Blockley Quarry, Gloucestershire, UK. From a Norfolk, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Green Mimetite Crystal Formation
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
With small slender crystals on a matrix. 46.3 grams, 62 mm
Collected in person from various parts of the world mainly between 1957-1966. From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.