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LOT 2081
Natural History - Boxed Polished Malachite Section Group [15]
1 3/8 - 1 7/8 in. (297 grams total, 35-47 mm).
Each cut and polished to reveal the attractive veins of the stone; each supplied in a labelled cardboard specimen tray. [15, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2081
Natural History - Boxed Polished Malachite Section Group [15]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Natural History - Boxed Pyrite & Quartz on Sphalerite
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
The sphalerite matrix with prismatic quartz crystals and pyritohedral pyrite crystals; supplied in a labelled specimen tray. 169 grams, 74 mm
From Huanuco, Peru. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - British Bison Horn Core
Pleistocene Period, circa 2.6 million year-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
From an auroch (Bos primigenius) comprising the distal part of the horn; an information label attached to one side. 238 grams, 20 cm
From Oxfordshire, UK. From a Norfolk, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Tsumeb Crystal Formation
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising clusters of calcite on an iron rich matrix. 96 grams, 96 mm
Collected in person in 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.
