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LOT 2151
Natural History - Large Pale Purple Amethyst Crystal Display Slab
6 1/4 in. (972 grams total, 16 cm).
On a large circular matrix, with well-formed prismatic lavender-coloured amethyst crystals with sprinkling of chalcopyrite. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2151
Natural History - Large Pale Purple Amethyst Crystal Display Slab
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Polished Copal with Insects
Over 3 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Containing several insects and other inclusions. 18 grams, 10.5 cm
From Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Fossil Pterosaur, Sauropod, Mosasaur and Triceratops Dinosaur Tooth Collection
Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising a single example from each dinosaur, the Triceratops horridus tooth with an identification card. 40 grams total, 17-48 mm
From Morocco, North Africa. From the private collection of Mr A Hills, Kent, UK. -
Natural History - Cut and Polished Fossil Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, circa 150 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Cleoniceras sp. displaying the distinctive pattern of the cross-section chambers. 269 grams total, 10.5-10.7 cm
From Madagascar. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.
