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LOT 2764
Natural History - Lapis Lazuli Bead Necklace String
20TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
18 1/8 in. (6.7 grams, 46 cm long).
Composed of biconical beads; restrung. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Natural History - Whitby Dac Fossil Ammonite Cluster
Jurassic Period, circa 201-174 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Displaying a number of specimens, possibly Cymbites and a fragment of Arnioceras, on an irregular matrix. 509 grams, 14.1 cm
Found Whitby Dac, UK. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising: enargite with quartz from Montana, USA, collection number 528; green fluorite from Cumbria, England, collection number 435; kunzite from Minas Gerais, Brazil, collection number 476; aragonite, collection number 140; arsenopyrite from England, collection number 47; colourless calcite, collection number 410; pyrite and chlorite in matrix slate from Devonshire, England, collection number 46; selenite from Sahara Desert, Libya, collection number 349; cuboid limonite from USA, collection number 498, with an old Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd label. 142 grams total, 18-66 mm
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Natural History - Large Fossil Crinoid Plate
Silurian Period, circa 443-416 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
Presenting a Scyphocrinus elegans specimen with good details on a tongue-shaped matrix. 4.3 kg, 41 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
