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LOT 2025
Natural History - Large Boxed Historic Mica on Quartz Crystal Specimen
4 in. (460 grams, 10.2 cm).
Comprising two clusters of large yellowish-brown mica crystals on white quarts with three large translucent to white quartz crystals. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2025
Natural History - Large Boxed Historic Mica on Quartz Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Natural History - Historic Quartz Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
The prismatic crystals on haematite. 129 grams, 97 mm
Collected 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. -
Natural History - Polished Quartz Crystal Ball
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Mainly translucent with some small rainbow reflections. 83 grams, 37 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Ammonite
Middle Cretaceous Period, circa 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Cleoniceras sp. ammonite showing the suture patterns. 110 grams, 77 mm
From Madagascar. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.