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LOT 2675
Natural History - Lunar NWA 10133 Meteorite Slice
FOUND 2014 A.D.
1 3/8 in. (3 7/8 x 3 in.) (1.14 grams, 34 mm (47 grams total, 99 x 75 mm including case)).
A cut teardrop-shaped slice of feldspathic regolithic breccia, recorded as: Northwest Africa 10133; displayed in a Swiss membrane box and with an inked 'NWA 10133' to one side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom North West Africa.
Ex SV-Meteorites, Prague.
From a Leicestershire, UK, collection.
Accompanied by an original identification card.
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Natural History - Mixed Polished Mineral Specimen Pebble Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising: haematite, quartz, amethyst, aventurine, dalmatian jasper and others. 722 grams total, 15-33 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Amethyst Crystal Geode Section Group [20]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising large sections of geodes with variously sized amethyst crystals. 1.6 kg total, 45-64 mm
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Historic Mineral Specimen Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising: cherry-red rhodonite on galena from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, collection number 559, with an old ISIS Minerals label; emerald-green dioptase from Harlequin Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, USA, collection number 152; apple-green pyromorphite from Ussel, Correze, France, collection number 552; orange stilbite, collection number 92; rubellite from USA , collection number 129; gypsum from Oxfordshire, England, collection number 15; sphalerite from Brazil, collection number 93; limonite from England, collection number 537; corundum from Madagascar, collection number 8. 123 grams total, 14-39 mm
Acquired on the UK mineral and fossil market, since 1970. From the historic mineral collection of Richard Valentine Cain, London, UK, thence by descent. Each specimen accompanied by an original historic index file card.