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LOT 2157
Natural History - Pink Quartz Crystal Nodule
2 in. (125 grams total, 49-51 mm).
The rounded pebble split open to reveal the internal cavity filled with quartz crystals in enhanced pink colour. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - A Collection of Natural History Items
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Including the skull and mandible of a primate, a scorpion in perspex matrix and various shells. 245 grams total, 3.5-11.7 cm
From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent. -
Natural History - Hematoid Quartz Crystal Specimen Group [50]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising a large quantity of dark double-terminated crystals. 96 grams total, 10-26 mm
Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Scunthorpe Fossil Ammonite Group
Jurassic Period, circa 200 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Comprising two cut and polished Aegasteroceras sagittarium ammonites showing good detailing. 261 grams total, 70-96 mm
From Conesby Quarry, Scunthorpe, UK. From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.