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LOT 2799
Natural History - Boxed Pyrite 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Display Group [6]
2 1/4 - 3 1/8 in. (1.41 kg total, 58-80 mm).
Comprising six specimens composed of small, well-formed crystals. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Peru.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2799
Natural History - Boxed Pyrite 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Display Group [6]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Natural History - Fossil Scutellum Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
A Scutellum sp. trilobite from the family Styginidae on a matrix. 222 grams, 77 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Rare Declivitous Titan Fossil Trilobite
Ordovician Period, circa 485.4-477.7.8 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Horseshoe-shaped body with a broad cephalon rim and genal spines that overhang the rest of the body; some restoration. 250 grams, 13 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: branching calcite from Brazil, collection number 77; agate from North Transvaal, South Africa, collection number 198; wavellite from Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA, collection number 244; opaque topaz pebble from Madagascar, collection number 294; granite from near Harare, Zimbabwe, collection number 586; quartz, collection number 315; cerussite on heulandite from Ireland, collection number 499, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label; mica, collection number 366; biotite with no collection number. 467 grams total, 37-73 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. Seven specimens accompanied by an original historic index file card.
