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LOT 1923
Natural History - Large 75.5 Carat Hexagonal Ruby Crystal
1 1/8 in. (15.1 grams, 28 mm).
A large ruby crystal, hexagonal in plan with striations. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx UK art market, 1970s.
Property of a London gentleman.
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LOT 1923
Natural History - Large 75.5 Carat Hexagonal Ruby Crystal
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
A pair of fossilised Zanthopsis leachi (Desmarest) crabs. 89 grams total, 46 mm wide
From the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, UK. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection. -
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
Jurassic Period, 199-145 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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From Madagascar. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill. -
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Devensian Period, 110,000-12,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
A string of graduated beads formed from the bones of the woolly mammoth Mammuthus primigenius. 209 grams, 60 cm long
Property of a North London gentleman.
