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LOT 1855
Natural History - Boxed Historic Calcite Specimen
2 1/8 in. (50 grams, 53 mm).
Comprising rhombohedral crystal clusters. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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Natural History - Fossil Seed Fern Pair Group
Middle Pennsylvanian Period, circa 300 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising two pairs of Pecopteris sp. 623 grams total, 7.2-12.3 cm
From the Mazon Creek Fossil Beds, Braidwood, Illinois, USA. Collected 1930-1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
Natural History - Historic Micaceous Haematite Great Rock Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
With tabular metallic grey crystals; supplied in a display box. 186 grams total, 51 mm
From Great Rock mine, Devon, UK. Collected in person in 1964. 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. -
Natural History - Large Size Cut and Polished Pink Agate Crystal Geode Slice
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
With enhanced pink-colour and also showing translucent to opaque quartz crystals. 539 grams, 23.2 cm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
