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LOT 2212
Natural History - Boxed Citrine 'Porcupine' Crystal Specimen
2 in. (47 grams, 52 mm).
With dark crystals; supplied in a labelled specimen tray. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2212
Natural History - Boxed Citrine 'Porcupine' Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Natural History - Large Size Cut and Polished Purple Agate Crystal Geode Slice
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With attractive dark blue banding, translucent quartz crystals and the internal cavity with lavender-coloured amethyst crystals. 675 grams, 24.7 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
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Natural History - Large Amethyst Crystal Lump Group [34]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising large irregular chunks in light to dark purple colour. 2.26 kg total, 42-93 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Sikhote Alin Meteorite
Fell 12th February 1947 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
The iron meteorite (chemical group IIAB) with a coarse octahedrite structure. 18 grams, 25 mm
From Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorye, Russia. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Sikhote-Alin meteorite fell during daylight at 10:38 am local time on 12th February, 1947. Witnesses reported a fireball that was brighter than the sun. It came from about 15 degrees east of north and descended at an angle of 41 degrees. It left a trail of smoke and dust 20 miles long which lingered for several hours. Light and sound of the fall were observed for two hundred miles around the point of impact.
