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LOT 1765
Natural History - Cut and Polished Crystal Ball Group
1 1/8 - 1 1/4 in. (178 grams total, 30-33 mm).
A group of four quartz crystal spheres, including three with old typed collection labels stating 'Brazil'. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Green Rhyolite Mineral Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A short cylindrical specimen of green rhyolite with slightly domed upper face and a polished base. 82 grams, 37 mm
From St. Edidien, Germany. Private collection, Munster, Germany. -
Natural History - Fossil Ginkgo Leaf in Matrix
Paleocene Period, circa 66-56 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A fossil Ginkgo sp. leaf in an amorphous matrix; held in a white card collector's tray. 91 grams, 77 mm
From the Sentinel Butte Formation, North Dakota. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Dragonfly Larvae in Matrix
Miocene Period, circa 16 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
An amorphous matrix displaying at least three fossil Libellula doris dragonfly larvae and another fossil; held in a collector's presentation box. 205 grams total, 16 x 13.5 cm including box
Ex Gloucestershire, UK, collection.
