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LOT 1988
Natural History - Polished Fossil Wood Slice
LATE TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 225 MILLION YEARS B.P.
5 1/8 in. (223 grams, 13 cm).
Polished to both cut faces and displaying textured bark on the edges. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Madagascar.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Natural History - Fossil Barrandei Trilobite
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Natural History - Cut and Polished Brazil Agate Crystal Geode End and Slice Group [3]
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From Brazil. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Historic Vanadinite Crystal Formation
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Comprising variously sized prismatic red-brown crystals on matrix. 52 grams, 52 mm
Collected in person from various parts of the world mainly between 1957-1966. 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.
