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LOT 2424
Natural History - Large Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite and Galena Crystal Specimen
4 1/4 in. (567 grams, 10.9 cm).
With clear quartz crystal clusters; supplied in a cardboard specimen tray. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceMineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2424
Natural History - Large Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite and Galena Crystal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Natural History - Barrandei Fossil Trilobite
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Metacanthina barrandei on a matrix. 108 grams, 81 mm
From the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Pragian, (Alnif), Morocco, North Africa. From an old Oxfordshire, UK, fossil and mineral collection. -
Natural History - Chinese Nantan Meteorite
Fell 1516 A.D., found 1958 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Nickel iron meteorite (1AB), cleaned. 3.5 grams, 31 mm
Found Nantan, Nandan County, Guangzi Region, China. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Silver Moon Crystals, Southport, UK.
The Nantan meteorite fell in 1516, as recorded in ancient Chinese texts; the fall exploded during descent which resulted in a shower of many individual iron meteorites over an area some 28km x 8km in Nantan County, Guangxi, China. Classified as an iron meteorite; 111CD Course Octohedrite, the composition is approximately 92% iron, 6% nickel and contains more than ten other minerals including kamacite, taenite, dominate, plessite, schreibersite, triolite, graphite and others. In 2000, pieces of the Nantan meteorite were incorporated into an art installation for The Bull Ring Shopping Centre in Birmingham, England. Today, a plaque commemorates the occasion. -
Natural History - Fossil Phacops Trilobite
Devonian Period, circa 380 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
With surface texture to the head and spine; on a limestone matrix. 164 grams, 75 mm
From Hamar L'Aghdad, Djebel Issoumour area, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
