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LOT 2222
Natural History - Large Historic Fluorite Crystal 'Flower' Specimen
7 in. (646 grams, 18 cm).
On an irregular matrix, comprising white and light lilac crystals forming a flower-like fanned cluster. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2222
Natural History - Large Historic Fluorite Crystal 'Flower' Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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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. -
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Natural History - Kalahari Desert Wind Stone Group [3]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising three wind-rounded pebbles with their individual hollowed out 'nests', from the Kalahari Desert region; each set provided with a hessian draw-ribbon pouch. 320 grams total, 33-53 mm
From the Kalahari Desert, Southern Africa. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Whitby Dac Fossil Ammonite
Lower Jurassic Period, Toarcian Stage, circa 180 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Dactylioceras tenuicostatum on a freestanding cut matrix with sponge holes. 632 grams, 10.8 cm
From Whitby, UK. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
