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LOT 1888
Natural History - Large Polished 'Puddlestone' 50mm Thick Section
9 in. (2.4 kg, 23 cm).
With two lightly polished cut faces showing the internal structure of the specimen. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1888
Natural History - Large Polished 'Puddlestone' 50mm Thick Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3
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Natural History - Large Fossil Agadir Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, circa 145-66 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Freestanding and showing natural ribbing of the outer shell. 15 kg, 32 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Boxed Lilac Fluorite Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Of octahedral form; supplied in a labelled cardboard tray. 31 grams, 37 mm
From Illinois, U.S.A. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
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.
