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LOT 2806
Natural History - Boxed Historic Quartz Crystal 'Flower' Specimen
3 1/4 in. (195 grams, 82 mm).
With white to grey crystals arranged in a flower-like formation. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2806
Natural History - Boxed Historic Quartz Crystal 'Flower' Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Natural History - Fossil Otarion Trilobite
Middle Devonian Period, circa 380 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Otarion sp. showing the characteristic high-stalked eyes and elongated spines. 70 grams, 59 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Polished Baltic Amber with Insects
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Showing three insect inclusions. 1.2 grams, 22 mm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Epidote Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Displaying a bed of prismatic green crystals, collection number 604; acquired from Harrods, London, in 1986. 30 grams, 70 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Accompanied by an original historic index file card and an old Harrods invoice.