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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 - Framed Spinicrus Tarantula
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Entomological specimen of Eurypelma spinicrus, in glazed wooden display case. 253 grams, 15.1 x 15.1 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Natural History - Historic 'Arkansas, USA' Wavellite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Displaying apple-green and silver-green colours and characteristic fibrous, radiating structure, collection number 240, with an old James Walker invoice dated 1977. 71 grams, 51 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. -
Natural History - Whitby Dac Fossil Ammonite
Lower Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising Eleganticeras sp. specimens on an irregular matrix. 1.09 kg, 14.2 cm
Found Whitby Dac, UK. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
