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LOT 2349
Natural History - Large Blue Agate Book End Pair
5 1/4 - 5 3/4 in. (4.6 kg total, 13.5-14.5 cm).
A polished blue banded agate book end pair, showing some exposed crystals. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Humberside, UK, collection.
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LOT 2349
Natural History - Large Blue Agate Book End Pair
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Natural History - Pyrites 'Fool's Gold' Crystal Specimen Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising around 80 pyrites or 'fool's gold' crystal specimens. 672 grams total, 15-36 mm
From Peru. From the historic ‘Victorian Museum’ or later collection of Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's); formerly Gregory, Bottley & Co. (1932-1981) and previously J.R.Gregory & Co. (1898-1932); originally James Reynolds Gregory (1858-1898). Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a Ruislip, UK, gentleman, by inheritance. -
Natural History - British Cardinia Fossil Bivalve Display Collection
Jurassic Period, circa 201-202 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Comprising three polished specimens of Cardinia sp. fossil bivalves, two in matrices, one accompanied by a display stand; from the Frodingham formation. 2.6 kg total, 12.5-21 cm
From the exhausted Conesey Quarry, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK. -
Natural History - Extinct Fossil Shark's Tooth Group
Cretaceous-Eocene Period, 70-50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising various examples in different sizes, some with cusplets. 30 grams total, 11-28 mm
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
