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LOT 1754
Natural History - Historic Mixed Mineral Collection
1 1/8 - 3 3/4 in. (782 grams total, 30-96 mm).
Comprising: sphalerite; barite from Zambia; cassiterite; two samples of felspar pyromorphite; psilomelane dendrite; botryoidal haematite; Blue-John from Derbyshire; native silver; and a lava bomb from Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected 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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Natural History - British Bison Horn Core
Pleistocene Period, circa 2.6 million year-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
From an auroch (Bos primigenius) comprising the distal part of the horn; an information label attached to one side. 238 grams, 20 cm
From Oxfordshire, UK. From a Norfolk, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Boxed Aragonite Crystal 'Paper Weight' Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising twinned brown fan-like crystal clusters with well-formed crystal habits. 272 grams, 78 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Cased Mineral and Fossil Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: tiger's eye; amber; red jasper with one polished face and old collector's label; pink onyx(?) polished to an egg-shape; sphalerite; titanium bismuth; flint; orange jasper with one polished face an old collector's label; an echinoid fossil; bivalve in flint; a wooden egg-shaped container and others in a wooden case; accompanied by a mounted piece of granite with an old label to base reading 'from Iona Monastery June 1947'. 1.28 kg total, 28.5 x 24 cm
Acquired before 1990s/early 2000s. From the family collection of Jack Lyttle (1944-2023), Kilmacolm, Scotland; thence by descent to his granddaughter. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman.
