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LOT 2355
Natural History - Boxed Polished Quartz Crystal Ball Group [4]
1 3/8 - 1 1/2 in. (338 grams total, 36-40 mm).
Comprising four translucent spheres with some internal inclusions; supplied in cardboard specimen trays. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2355
Natural History - Boxed Polished Quartz Crystal Ball Group [4]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20th century A.D. or earlierSold for (Inc. bp): £33
Restrung; composed of biconical lapis lazuli beads. 5.69 grams, 43 cm long
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Natural History - Historic Boxed Troctolite and Eucrite Mineral Samples From Aberdeenshire and Ardnamurchan [2]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising two large examples with old labels identifying them to be collection nos.52 and 53. 1.1 kg total, 10.8-11 cm
From Scotland. Ex Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). Accompanied two old Gregory, Bottley & Co., Geologists tickets. -
Natural History - Giant Elephant Bird Eggshell Group
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Comprising four eggshell sections from Aepyornis. 49.2 grams total, 47-61 mm
From Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
The elephant bird was a gigantic, flightless bird, measuring nearly 10 feet in height, and lived on the island of Madagascar until it became extinct, possibly as late as the 17th century.