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LOT 2622
Natural History - Large Crystal Nodule
5 3/4 - 5 7/8 in. (2.29 kg total, 14.4-15 cm).
The nodule split open to show the internal cavity filled with enhanced dyed blue crystals. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Boxed Polished Amethyst Crystal Obelisk Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Each freestanding and with bevelled edges. 68 grams total, 46-54 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Enstatite Happy Canyon Meteorite Slice
Found 1971 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
A scarce enstatite achondrite stony meteorite section; displayed in a Swiss membrane box with an inked 'H314.52 to one side. 7.57 grams, 29 mm (61 grams total, 99 x 75 mm including case)
Ex American Meteorite Laboratory specimen number H314.52. From a Leicestershire, UK, collection. Accompanied by an old original identification card.
The Happy Canyon meteorite specimen was ploughed up on the R.L. Grigsby farm about 2 km northwest of Wayside, Texas in 1971; the original weight of the complete specimen was reported as 16.3 kg. -
Natural History - Fossil Scutellum Trilobite
Upper Devonian Period, 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
A Scutellum sp. trilobite from the family Styginidae on a matrix. 222 grams, 77 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.