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LOT 2646
Natural History - Boxed Polished Amethyst Crystal Obelisk Group [3]
1 3/4 - 2 1/8 in. (68 grams total, 46-54 mm).
Each freestanding and with bevelled edges. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2646
Natural History - Boxed Polished Amethyst Crystal Obelisk Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: limonite from Spain, collection number 525, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; a cut half agate geode from Mexico, collection number 51; turritella agate slice from Australia, collection number 257, with an old invoice from James Walker invoice dated 1977; quartz, collection number 137; bornite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 201; botryoidal hematite, collection number 263; chalcopyrite from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 193; copper in quartz, collection number 378; quartz on hematite from England, collection number 60. 1.42 kg total, 4.6-12.5 cm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: botryoidal psilomelane from Stanislawow, Poland, collection number 608, with an old Geologisch Centrum, Netherlands, label; rosasite and calcite on goethite and limonite from Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, collection number 61; sphalerite on quartz, collection number 187; pyrite from Italy, collection number 339; a cut and polished crazy laced agate nodule, collection number 299; chalcopyrite on baryte, collection number 238; celestine from Malagasy Republic, Africa, collection number 29; calcite on pyrite from Levant Mine, Cornwall, England, collection number 474; calcite from England, collection number 102. 1 kg total, 36-89 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. Eight specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card. -
Natural History - 'Onchosaur' Fossil Rostral Spine Group
Cretaceous Period, circa 100-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising three large fossil Onchopristus numidus sawfish rostral teeth. 21 grams total, 47-53 mm
From in the phosphate mine region, Khouribga, Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.