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LOT 2059
Natural History - Boxed Pyrite 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Specimen
1 5/8 in. (95 grams total, 42 mm).
The specimen comprising small and large crystals with one larger cuboid crystal to the top; supplied in a labelled cardboard tray. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Peru.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2059
Natural History - Boxed Pyrite 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £17
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Natural History - Historic Iridescent Purple Bornite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
the large pebble with iridescent dark purple surfaces with small areas of blue and brown. 189 grams, 54 mm
Collected in person from various parts of the world mainly between 1957-1966. 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. -
Natural History - British Bison Bone Group
Pleistocene Period, circa 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £3
Comprising nine fragments of leg and other bones from Bison priscus. 1.91 kg total, 10.5-23 cm
From Oxfordshire, UK. From a Norfolk, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Sporadoceras Goniatite Group
Devonian Period, circa 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Comprising two freestanding Sporadoceras sp., polished through the shell to reveal the calcite preserved inside and show the dividing gas chambers known as suture patterns where the chambers meet the surface giving a zig-zag pattern. 433 grams total, 83-88 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Morocco. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
