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LOT 2170
Natural History - Polished Mineral Specimen Pebble Group [100]
3/4 - 1 1/4 in. (785 grams total, 19-33 mm).
Comprising variously shaped polished pebbles of agate, tiger's eye, leopard skin agate, tiger iron, rose quartz and others. [100, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
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LOT 2170
Natural History - Polished Mineral Specimen Pebble Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Natural History - Blue Calcite Specimen Group [100]
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Comprising a range of sizes of light blue specimens. 795 grams total, 17-33 mm
From Mexico. Ex Mineral Imports, London, UK. Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's). -
Natural History - Polished Fossil Goniatite
Devonian Period, circa 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Freestanding and showing internal structure. 702 grams, 13.6 cm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Historic Mixed Mineral Collection
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: sphalerite; barite from Zambia; cassiterite; two samples of felspar pyromorphite; psilomelane dendrite; botryoidal haematite; Blue-John from Derbyshire; native silver; and a lava bomb from Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland. 782 grams total, 30-96 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.