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LOT 2429
Natural History - Boxed Pyrite 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Paper Weight
3 1/4 in. (475 grams, 83 mm).
Comprising a large mass of large and small crystals; supplied in a labelled specimen tray. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Huanaco, Peru.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2429
Natural History - Boxed Pyrite 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Paper Weight
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Mastodon Bone Face Carving
Pliocene Period, 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Displaying a later carved stylised face with exaggerated facial detailing. 112 grams, 80 mm
Private UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Natural History - Fossil Gibbus Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Cheirurus (Crotalocephalina) trilobite Crotalocephalus gibbus fossil on a matrix. 175 grams, 72 mm
From Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
Natural History - Polished Green Malachite Section Group [20]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Each with at least one polished face to reveal the attractive banding; some pierced for threading. 244 grams total, 17-46 mm
From Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).