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LOT 1904
Natural History - Large Pyrites Crystal 'Paper Weight'
3 in. (349 grams, 76 mm).
A pyrite or 'fool's gold' 'paper weight' held in a white card collector's tray labelled 'Huanaco Peru'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Huanaco, Peru.
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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Natural History - Gypsum Mineral Blade Group
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1
A group of over 160 gypsum blades. 1.1 kg total, 10-80 mm
Fair condition.
Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Large Cut and Polished Quartz Crystal Point
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
A cut and polished quartz crystal point; held in a white card collector's tray. 150 grams, 70 mm
From Brazil. Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Fossil Woolly Mammoth Tooth
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
A fossil Mammuthus primigenius woolly mammoth tooth showing good remains of chewing surface and root plate. 3.5 kg, 24.5 cm
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.