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LOT 2039
Natural History - Historic Onyx Mineral Specimen with Polished 'Eye'
2 in. (39 mm, 47 mm).
Cut and polished to reveal the parallel white and brown banding. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceCollected in person in 2014.
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 2039
Natural History - Historic Onyx Mineral Specimen with Polished 'Eye'
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Large Amethyst Crystal Lump Group [34]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Comprising large irregular chunks in light to dark purple colour. 2.26 kg total, 42-93 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Large Quantity of Polished Green Tourmaline Specimens
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
The colour ranging from light to dark green. 516 grams total, 5-13 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.
