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LOT 1850
Natural History - British Specularite with Quartz Crystal Group
1 - 1 5/8 in. (273 grams total, 25-41 mm).
A group of ten specimens of specularite with quartz; each held in a white card collector's tray and accompanied by a typed identification label reading 'Cumbria, UK'. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Cumbria, UK.
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1850
Natural History - British Specularite with Quartz Crystal Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Polished Baltic Amber with Large Diptera Fly
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £121
A good sized polished block of Baltic amber with multiple inclusions including a large Diptera insect. 7.56 grams, 63 mm
Fine condition.
From the Baltic Sea coast, Primorskoje mine, Kaliningrad. English collection formed in the 1990s. UK art market. Property of an Essex gentleman. Accompanied by an illustrated identification card with provenance. -
Natural History - Fossil Morocops Trilobite Group
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A group of three Morocops (Barrandeops) sp. trilobites on a matrix. 256 grams total, 51-59 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxford, UK, paleontological collection. -
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Natural History - Amethyst Gem Tree
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
A medium size gemstone tree consisting of a brass trunk and branches tipped with polished amethyst, mounted on a section of amethyst geode. 418 grams, 15.5 cm high
Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
