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LOT 2428
Natural History - Coloured Quartz Nodule
4 5/8 - 4 3/4 in. (1.03 kg total, 11.8-12.2 cm).
Comprising two halves with enhanced purple crystals. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Natural History - Fossil Sporadoceras Goniatite
Upper Devonian Period, 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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