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LOT 1944
Natural History - Large Boxed Pyrite Crystal 'Paper Weight'
3 1/2 in. (627 grams, 88 mm).
Comprising a large mass of small crystals; supplied in a labelled specimen box. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Huanuco, Peru.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1944
Natural History - Large Boxed Pyrite Crystal 'Paper Weight'
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Natural History - Fossil Turtle Coprolite Group
Eocene Period, circa 40 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising a pair of coprolites. 290 grams total, 74-79 mm
From the Wilkes Formation, Salmon Creek, Lewis County, Washington, USA. Acquired during the 1980s. From an old Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
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. -
Natural History - White Pecopteris Fern Specimen Group
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Five Pecopteris sp. fern specimens on irregular matrices 3.04 kg total, 15-25 cm
From St. Clair, Pennsylvania, USA. Acquired during the 1980s. From the Pradi Collection, Boston, USA.
These fern fossils are very common from coal mining areas around the world. However, it is the unique state of preservation of the white on the black shale that gives the St. Clair ferns their beauty and rarity. This combination is not found anywhere else in the world.
