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LOT 2344
Natural History - Large Icelandic Spar Specimen Group [20]
1 3/8 - 1 3/4 in. (1 kg total, 36-44 mm).
Or optical calcite, cut into parallelepiped sections, each displaying typical birefringence. [20, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2344
Natural History - Large Icelandic Spar Specimen Group [20]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Polished Fossilised Wood Slice
Late Triassic Period, circa 225 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With two cut and polished faces. 344 grams, 13.5 cm
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection. -
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Natural History - Large Meteoritic Tektite Group [12]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Meteoric glass, melted terrestrial rock splashed from an impact crater, most roughly ovoid in shape. 969 grams total, 47-83 mm
From Mexico. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Tektites are lumps of black or dark grey natural glass produced from melted crustal rocks that are caused by large hypervelocity meteorite impacts on sediments. -
Natural History - Insect in Polished Baltic Amber
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Polished to highlight the fly inclusion. 1 grams, 22 mm
Property of the vendor's father, thence by descent. From the private collection of a New York, USA gentleman.
