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LOT 1939
Natural History - Cut and Polished Thunder Egg Half
2 1/8 in. (69 grams, 55 mm).
A cut and polished 'thunder egg' geode half. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
Private collection, Munster, Germany.
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Natural History - Cave Bear Paw
Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
A fossil cave bear paw including the claws and bones held together by an internal metal frame. 608 grams, 33 cm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Rose Quartz Crystal Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A group of 100 rose quartz crystal specimens with a waxy lustre. 2.82 kg total, 35-59 mm
Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - 'Spartan Basalt' Polished Green Porphyry Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
A large cut section of green porphyry mined in Greece, possibly in ancient Roman times. 1.22 kg, 18.1 cm
From Greece. Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Also known as Lapis Lacedaemonius and Porfido Verde Antico, a type of green porphyry quarried in Greece. Spartan basalt is a form of andesite or volcanic rock known today only from a single source in the village of Krokees on the Peloponnese in Greece. In addition, ancient sources mention a quarry of Lapis Lacedaemonius in Taygetus.
