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LOT 2288
Natural History - Cased Amethyst Crystal Pendant Group [8]
2 1/4 x 1 5/8 x 3/4 in. (122 grams total, 58 x 40 x 20 mm including case each).
Dark purple crystals set in white metal sleeves with free-running suspension loops; supplied in display cases. [8, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2288
Natural History - Cased Amethyst Crystal Pendant Group [8]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star
Middle Ordovician Period, circa 450 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Ophiuroidea sp. specimen on irregular matrix. 403 grams, 14.2 cm
From El Kaid Errami, Tafilalt, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Very Large Fossil Orthoceras Sculpture
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £200
Formed as a freestanding three-dimensional formation of torpedo-shapes on a chiselled matrix; each 'torpedo' with multiple Orthoceras sp. fossils, some showing the cross-section of the creature. 52.3 kg, 113.5 cm
From Morocco, North Africa. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Natural History - Whitby Dac Fossil Ammonite Cluster
Lower Jurassic Period, Toarcia Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A group of Dactylioceras sp. and other fossils in an irregular shale matrix. 790 grams, 15.5 cm
From Whitby, UK. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.