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LOT 1900
Natural History - Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Pair
4 1/8 in. (628 grams total, 10.4-10.5 cm).
A matching pair of cut agate geode halves, with exposed crystals to the interior. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceMineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1900
Natural History - Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Pair
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
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Natural History - Mammoth Fossil Tusk Section
Pleistocene Period, circa 40,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
A Mammoth primigenius tusk section of mainly gold, brown colouring and with some attractive patterning. 82 grams, 19 cm
From the North Sea. From an old Bristol, UK, collection. -
Natural History - English Fossil Crab Group
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A pair of fossilised Zanthopsis leachi (Desmarest) crabs. 89 grams total, 46 mm wide
From the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, UK. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection. -
Natural History - Large Meteoritic Tektite Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
A group of ten large tektite meteoric glass, melted terrestrial rock splashed from an impact crater, most roughly ovoid in shape. 850 grams total, 41-52 mm
Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Tektites are lumps of black or dark grey natural glass produced from melted crustal rocks that are caused by large hypervelocity meteorite impacts on sediments.
