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LOT 1852
Natural History - Large Cut & Polished 'Leopard' Nephrite Jade Slab
7 1/2 in. (232 grams, 19 cm).
Of irregular form with one polished face with darker spots. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1852
Natural History - Large Cut & Polished 'Leopard' Nephrite Jade Slab
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut & Polished Green Porphyry Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
A large lacquered cut section mined in Greece, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times. 574 grams, 23 cm
From Greece. Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Also known as Lapis Lacedaemonius and Porfido Verde Antico, a type of green porphyry quarried in Greece. Spartan basalt is a form of andesite or volcanic rock known today only from a single source in the village of Krokees on the Peloponnese in Greece. In addition, ancient sources mention a quarry of Lapis Lacedaemonius in Taygetus. -
Natural History - Boxed Historic 'Coral' Calcite Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
The white druzy crystals on a freestanding matrix. 170 grams, 85 mm
Ex Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Rana Trilobite
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Phacops rana on a matrix. 143 grams, 63 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection.
