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LOT 2347
Natural History - Large Selenite 'Desert Rose' Crystal Cluster
6 in. (518 grams, 15 cm).
The large cluster comprising five smaller round selenite crystal blade clusters. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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LOT 2347
Natural History - Large Selenite 'Desert Rose' Crystal Cluster
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Large Oum Dreyga Meteorite with Full Fusion Crust
Fell 16 October 2003 A.D., 0200 hrsSold for (Inc. bp): £286
An example of an ordinary chondrite H3-5 stone meteorite displayed in a Swiss membrane box with aluminium identification label; Gour Lafkah, Western Sahara. 157 grams total, 10 x 10 cm including box
From Gour Lafkah, Western Sahara. Ex French collection. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Meteoritica dated 2 April 2009. -
Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A specimen of polished amber with insect inclusion. 0.75 grams, 20 mm
Ex private UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher. -
Natural History - Campo Del Cielo Iron Meteorite Pair
Fell 6000-5000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising two amorphous Campo Del Cielo iron (IAB) meteorites. 3.21 grams total, 12-15 mm
From Chaco Province, Argentina, found 1576. Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.
A crater field of roughly 26 craters was found in the vicinity of this crater, which is estimated to date to 4-5 thousand years BP. The age of the meteorite itself is thought to be c.4.5 billion years, formed as part of the development of this solar system. The largest two fragments, the 30.8 ton Gancedo and 28.8 ton El Chaco, are among the heaviest meteorite masses ever recovered on Earth. In 1576, the governor of a province in Northern Argentina commissioned the military to search for a large mass of iron, which it was believed the local people claimed had fallen from the sky and which they used for their weapon production. The expedition discovered a large mass of metal which was assumed to be an iron mine and brought back a few samples, which were described as being of unusual purity. Following the legends, in 1774 Don Bartolomé Francisco de Maguna rediscovered the iron mass. He himself did not believe that the stone had fallen from the sky and assumed that it had formed by a volcanic eruption. However, he sent the samples to the Royal Society of London. In 1990 it became protected by law.
