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LOT 1961
Natural History - Chalcedony Mineral Specimen
3 in. (148 grams, 74 mm).
A blue chalcedony mineral specimen showing 'veined' layers. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Ysterputs Mine, Noordoewer / Reg, Karas, Namibia.
Private collection, Munster, Germany.
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Natural History - Polished Amber with Cadis Fly Inclusion
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
A polished specimen of amber displaying a fly inclusion. 3.24 grams, 51 mm
From the Baltic Sea Coast, Primorskoje mine, Kaliningrad. From an Essex, UK, collection. Accompanied by an illustrated identification card with collection number 3218. -
Natural History - Fossil Elrathia Kingii Trilobite
Middle Cambrian Period, circa 500 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
An Elrathia kingii fossilised trilobite. 142 grams, 83 mm
From Wheeler Shale Formation, Millard County, Utah, U.S.A. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
Natural History - Amethyst Crystal Chunk Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
A group of 100 amethyst crystal chunks. 1.01 kg total, 21-37 mm
Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
