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LOT 2246
Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star Group
MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 450 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/2 - 3 3/8 in. (342 grams total, 63-88 mm).
Comprising three Ophiuroidea sp. specimens on matrices. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom El Kaid Errami, Tafilalt, Morocco.
From an old German collection.
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Natural History - Boxed Quartz Crystal Display Specimen Group [4]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Each specimen a cluster of large colourless prismatic crystals with some some smaller crystals; supplied in labelled cardboard trays. 137 grams total, 52-68 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Historic Gypsum Desert Rose Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5
A large mass with tabular crystals. 422 grams, 12 cm
From Libya. Collected in person in 1980. From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life. -
Natural History - Dyed Agate on Stand
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
The teardrop-shaped body cut and polished to reveal the internal quartz filled cavity; in enhanced blue colour. 311 grams total, 13.5 cm high
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
