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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 - Sporadoceras Goniatite Display
Upper Devonian Period, 385-359 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £34
Free-standing and polished through the shell to reveal the calcite preserved inside, showing the dividing gas chambers. 299 grams, 10.3 cm
From the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, palaeontological collection. -
Natural History - Amber with Insect Inclusions
Oligocene Period, circa 45 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Including at least one fly; with a polished body. 1.67 grams, 17 mm
Ex private UK collection formed in the 1980s. -
Natural History - Fossil Otodus Shark Tooth
Eocene Period, 56-33 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £21
With good enamel; on a sandstone matrix. 455 grams, 10.9 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.