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LOT 2129
Natural History - Mixed Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Half Group [10]
3 - 3 3/8 in. (2.4 kg total, 75-87 mm).
Each cut and polished to reveal the inner layers, some with exposed crystalline centre. [10, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2129
Natural History - Mixed Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Half Group [10]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Natural History - Boxed Aragonite Crystal 'Paper Weight' Display
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising twinned brown fan-like crystal clusters with well-formed crystal habits. 272 grams, 78 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Megalodon Giant Shark Fossil Tooth
Pliocene Period, circa 5.2-2.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
With concave inner face, displaying smooth enamel and serrated edges; from Carcharocles megalodon. 155 grams, 10.6 cm
Ex J. Shaul collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mixed Tsumeb Mineral Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising: anhydrate drilled core from Bahrain; an iridescent blue bornite; a rectangular cut wulfenite specimen; drilled calcite core; a polished red jasper slab found near Dunnotar Castle beach, Scotland in 1986; azurite; native copper; iridescent green bornite; a brown mica specimen. 1.97 kg total, 40-94 mm
Collected in person from 1966-1986. From the private mineral collection of Stephen Atkinson, Harpenden, UK. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the vendor giving details of him collecting these minerals throughout his life.