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LOT 2186
Natural History - Large Part Polished Historic Fenster Quartz Elestial
6 1/4 in. (1.5 kg, 16 cm).
With two polished faces showing the acicular inclusions of rutile. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2186
Natural History - Large Part Polished Historic Fenster Quartz Elestial
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Polished Mineral Specimen Pebble Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Comprising variously shaped polished pebbles of agate, tiger's eye, leopard skin agate, tiger iron, rose quartz and others. 785 grams total, 19-33 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Keichousaurus Marine Reptile Skeleton
Triassic Period, circa 250 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
Complete Keichousaurus hui skeleton on a rectangular matrix. 2.4 kg, 31.2 cm
From Xingyi, Guizhou, China. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection.
Keichousaurus was a late Triassic marine reptile, and a member of the Pleurosaur family, and went extinct 250 million years ago during the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event. They were specialised fish eaters, and were highly unusual amongst marine reptiles in that they gave birth to live young rather than laying eggs. -
Natural History - Historic Galena Crystal Formation
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
The freestanding matrix with mainly octahedral dark crystals. 374 grams, 10.9 cm
From Nenthead, Cumberland, UK. Collected in person in 1965. From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.
