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LOT 2397
Natural History - Medium 'Rusty' Rose Quartz Mineral Specimen Group [20]
2 1/8 - 3 5/8 in. (2.56 kg total, 53-93 mm).
Comprising good-seized chunks of rose quartz with ferrous mineral. [20, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2397
Natural History - Medium 'Rusty' Rose Quartz Mineral Specimen Group [20]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5
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Natural History - Natural Australian Opal Specimen
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Displaying a good play of colour on milky-white background, tag with handwritten information: 'JOAN'S OPAL / PURCHASED / SYDNEY 1983 / IT IS A V. GOOD / ANDDAMOOKA CRYSTAL'. 0.75 grams, 11.99 mm
Purchased Sydney, Australia, in 1983. From a Norfolk, UK, collection. Property of an East Sussex, UK, gentleman. Accompanied by a pouch and information tag. -
Natural History - Fossil Brittle Star Group
Middle Ordovician Period, circa 450 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Three Ophiuroidea sp. specimens on irregular matrices. 262 grams total, 55-96 mm
From El Kaid Errami, Tafilalt, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German collection. -
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Carcharocles megalodon tooth with some good polished enamel. 76.2 grams, 79 mm
From Florida, USA. Collected between 1930 and 1960. From the collection of the palaeontologist R Gledhill.