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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 - Historic Mixed Mineral Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising: four native copper specimens; bornite specimens with mainly brown and blue iridescence; azurite; coprite on matrix; a section of petrified wood; a drilled calcite core; a yellow calcite specimen and a polished agate egg with a stand. 1.24 kg total, 3.4-11 cm
Collected in person in 1966. 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. -
Natural History - Agate Necklace Bead Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Comprising thirty banded black and white agate spheres with some natural strata and some treated to show contrasting strata around the equator; all pierced for stringing. 197 grams total, 14-17 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s. -
Natural History - Fossil Sand Shark Tooth Display
Eocene Period, circa 70-50 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising seven teeth in a square display frame. 41 grams total, 13 cm high including case
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
