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LOT 1774
Natural History - Mixed Cut and Polished Agate Slice Collection [20]
1 3/4 - 3 1/4 in. (341 grams total, 45-83 mm).
Displaying attractive banding, some with enhanced colouring. [20, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Brazil.
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 1774
Natural History - Mixed Cut and Polished Agate Slice Collection [20]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Natural History - British Fossil Ammonite
Cretaceous Period, 145-100.5 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Euhoplites probiscidus with regularly disposed spines to the outer shell; supplied in a wooden storage box. 20.3 grams, 42 mm
From a Norfolk, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Sikhote Alin Meteorite
Fell 12th February 1947 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
The iron meteorite (chemical group IIAB) with a coarse octahedrite structure. 18 grams, 25 mm
From Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorye, Russia. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
The Sikhote-Alin meteorite fell during daylight at 10:38 am local time on 12th February, 1947. Witnesses reported a fireball that was brighter than the sun. It came from about 15 degrees east of north and descended at an angle of 41 degrees. It left a trail of smoke and dust 20 miles long which lingered for several hours. Light and sound of the fall were observed for two hundred miles around the point of impact. -
Natural History - Mixed Cut and Polished Agate Crystal Geode Pair
Sold for (Inc. bp): £10
Showing delicate layering; the internal cavity filled with small lavender-coloured amethyst crystals; one with brown calcite formation. 747 grams total, 96 mm each
From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).