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LOT 2111
Natural History - Fossil Seed Fern Pair Group
MIDDLE PENNSYLVANIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 300 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 7/8 - 4 7/8 in. (623 grams total, 7.2-12.3 cm).
Comprising two pairs of Pecopteris sp. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Mazon Creek Fossil Beds, Braidwood, Illinois, USA.
Collected 1930-1960.
From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
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Natural History - Blue Quartz Nodule
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Opened to reveal the rich small quartz deposits inside; in enhanced blue colour. 182 grams total, 62 mm each
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Green Fuchsite Mineral Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5
Comprising a quantity of pale to darker green specimens in different sizes. 1.25 kg total, 31-46 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Historic Mixed Tsumeb Mineral Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: prismatic quartz crystals; brucite from Italy; a matrix with zircon from Minsk; sphalerite with calcite; microcline felspar; barite from Nchanga, Zambia; sphalerite from Nenthead; two felspar pyromorphite; and a lava bomb from Vesuvius, Italy. 829 grams total, 32-76 mm
Collected in person in 1966. 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.