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LOT 2224
Natural History - Historic Italian Scolecite Crystal Formation
1 1/2 in. (13.7 grams, 38 mm).
Comprising a radiating cluster of thin white and light-green crystals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Italy.
Collected in person from various parts of the world mainly between 1957-1966.
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.
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LOT 2224
Natural History - Historic Italian Scolecite Crystal Formation
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Natural History - Two Fossil Trilobites on a Matrix
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising two specimens on a matrix: Drotops megalomanicus and Cheirurus (Crotalocephalina) gibbus. 244 grams, 10.1 cm
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
Natural History - Sikhote Alin Meteorite
12th February 1947 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
An iron meteorite (chemical group IIAB) with a coarse octahedrite structure. 11.6 grams, 24 mm
From Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorye, Russia. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Sikhote-Alin meteorite fell during daylight at 10:38 am. local time on 12th February, 1947. Witnesses reported a fireball that was brighter than the sun. It came from about 15 degrees east of north and descended at an angle of 41 degrees. It left a trail of smoke and dust 20 miles long which lingered for several hours. Light and sound of the fall were observed for two hundred miles around the point of impact. -
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Brazil Agate Crystal Geode Half Collection [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £14
Comprising: one with brown banding and the internal cavity with pyrite and quartz crystals; one with pink, white and blue banding, the internal cavity with quartz and pyrite crystals; one with dark brown and grey banding, the internal cavity with a smooth layer of white agate. 1.62 kg total, 10-10.4 cm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
